Researchers hope that a better understanding of which genes contribute to excess weight could help with prevention starting ...

Wearing floor-length dresses and wrap-around skirts, the group of elderly women giggle and tease each other as they jog in ...

It turns out that obesity may be much more complicated than we thought, with the condition potentially existing in up to 11 ...

Scientists find that diet, especially ultraprocessed foods, has a greater impact on obesity than physical activity levels, ...

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the prevalence of obesity in Canada has increased at a greater rate.

Cancer deaths linked to obesity more than tripled in the United States during the past two decades, a new study says.

India’s growing obesity epidemic, especially among youth, poses a major public health risk. Here’s why preventive healthcare ...

An obesity drug from Hengrui Pharma and Kailera Therapeutics succeeded in a late-stage trial in China, while Anne Wojcicki’s ...

What if we could prevent people from developing obesity? The World Obesity Federation expects more than half the global ...

Many people assume obesity is caused by inactivity and burning fewer calories. But our diets — and excess calorie intake — ...

People in richer countries aren’t moving less — they’re just eating more. A new Duke study shows that diet, not laziness, is ...

While famine and malnutrition remain major concerns in several African countries, obesity is increasingly on the ...