However, a new study suggests there may be a way to lose a meaningful amount of weight in as little as one week. The study, ...

NAIROBI, Kenya — In many African cultures, a big belly has long been seen as a sign of wealth. But this perception is proving ...

The study subjects comprised Japanese men and women (n=59 717) enrolled in health insurance societies who had been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes during the study period. Body mass index (BMI) was ...

The authors of a recent Lancet report argue that obesity should not just be seen as a risk factor for other diseases — but in ...

While the US leads in early-phase obesity trials and investment, the country also faces challenges in disease burden, trial ...

aStavros Niarchos Foundation Global Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Child Mind Institute, New York, NY, USA bGlobal Programs, Child Mind Institute, New York, NY, USA cDivision of Child ...

With obesity linked to a vast number of health issues, researchers are continuously looking at ways to conquer the problem. It is seen as a risk factor for a number of health issues, including ...

Age–sex-adjusted prevalence ratios (PRs) for obesity by sociodemographic factors, health behaviours and health status were estimated (multivariable log-binomial regression) for Aboriginal and ...

director-general of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, actor and advocate Colin Farrell, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., actors and ...

New York’s obesity epidemic is at the heart of our state’s health equity crisis ... some of the most effective medicines in the world designed to treat serious chronic diseases.

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We may now be at the brink of reclaiming our health. New and highly effective anti-obesity medications known ... how these drugs are used in the real world. It is not realistic to believe that ...