Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than 4 in 10 Americans now fit the medical definition for having obesity, putting them at risk for serious health problems, ...

Johns Hopkins University-led research has found that obesity, particularly severe obesity, is strongly associated with the incidence of 16 common health outcomes. Associations remained consistent ...

Does obesity influence fracture risk? In an interview with HT Lifestyle, Dr Rajesh Srinivas, consultant, orthopedic surgeon, Manipal Hospital Varthur Road and Dr Harekrushna Sahu, consultant, ...

Genetic factors primarily explain the link between parental and childhood BMI, with maternal obesity impacting birth weight ...

A new review maps how microbial signals from the gut may disrupt appetite control, insulin sensitivity, inflammation, and pancreatic function, pointing to a more targeted future for the treatment of ...

America gets supersized as obesity rates spike in both children and adults - Rising obesity rates have been tied to a more ...

A study from Rutgers Health and other institutions indicates that stress hormones – not impaired cellular insulin signaling – may be the primary driver of obesity-related diabetes. The paper in Cell ...

Because of impairments in their insulin sensitivity, obese individuals demonstrate different brain responses than their normal-weight peers while completing a challenging cognitive task, according to ...

Even after drastic weight loss, the body’s fat cells carry the ‘memory’ of obesity, research 1 shows — a finding that might help to explain why it can be hard to stay trim after a weight-loss ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - While some research has suggested that obese women have an increased risk of having a baby with a birth defect, a new study shows that diabetes may at least partly account ...

As a teenager, Ali Chappell, PhD, CEO and founder of Lilli Health, hid food in her room. She said that while she had plenty of access to meals and snacks, she never felt satisfied. Chappell felt shame ...

The natural GLP-1 hormone survives in the body for only a few minutes before it is broken down. Drug developers overcome this limitation through advanced molecular engineering techniques.