Researchers led by Mika Kivimaki and Staffan Nyberg at University College London have linked obesity to roughly one in 10 ...

A global study shows obesity heightens the risk of severe infections and related deaths across multiple disease types and ...

The number of women with risk factors for cardiovascular disease could significantly increase over the next 25 years, the ...

Type 2 diabetes is a disease that involves your blood glucose (also known as blood sugar) being too high, and obesity is a major risk factor that can make you more likely to develop it. “Insulin ...

We're just setting up a generation of people to move through life, having their cardiovascular events earlier and more severe ...

An international research group has examined how many people are affected by preclinical and clinical obesity and what health ...

Is obesity among the most misunderstood, misclassified, and mistreated diseases? Over the past 30 years, researchers have not only identified a key hormone (leptin) that helps regulate appetite and ...

Is obesity a disease or a risk factor for disease? In medical circles – and outside of them – the question is contentious, with supporters on either side. In a newly published report, the Global ...

Just over one in 10 deaths from a wide range of infectious diseases can be attributed to obesity worldwide, finds a major new study led by a University College London (UCL) researcher. People with ...

The Obesity Working Group of the Spanish Society of Endocrinology and Nutrition (GOSEEN) conducts various awareness campaigns to address the growing global and national health challenges of obesity.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Many clinicians overlook neurohormonal and metabolic adaptations that make weight loss difficult. Obesity ...