A large-scale study has found that adults with higher percentages of body fat, especially in the legs, gynoid region, and ...

AROUND half a million Brits use weight loss drugs. And that number is expected to double in the next year with the rise in ...

Risk factors contributing to LBP worldwide have shifted between 1990 and 2021, with high BMI increasingly impacting years lived with disability due to LBP.

The following is a summary of "Association of waist circumference with long-term all-cause mortality and cardiac death in ...

How long it takes to lose weight can vary based on a number of factors, such as age, medications you take, your activity level, and more. Learn how long it takes to lose weight, and keep it off.

A mum was left shocked and upset after her five-year-old daughter came home from school with a letter describing her as ...

Among the 2,225 adults in the study, all under 60 years of age, 39.7% had obesity as defined only by higher BMI, while 39.1% ...

Nearly all U.S. adults with obesity as diagnosed by BMI also have an elevated waist circumference or excess body fat, ...

When a patient with obesity reports a new symptom, many physicians are quick to focus on the excess weight without exploring alternative reasons. Wrong approach, experts said.

Surgical interventions can also be used to manage obesity among children. Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy or Roux-en-Y ...

What is our current understanding of how differences in sex can affect obesity prevalence, comorbidities, and treatment ...

McMaster researchers identified six early-life factors that influence obesity risk in South Asian children. The study ...