Flawed definitions of obesity can harm health outcomes, research indicates. The medical community is taking notice ...

First the drugs tackled diabetes. Then, with just an injection a week, they took on obesity. Now they are being found to ...

Obesity is a chronic complex relapsing disease defined by abnormal and/or excessive fat accumulation that presents a risk to ...

With obesity rates rising globally among both the adult and adolescent populations—contributing to chronic conditions like ...

He was inspired to become a doctor and research clinician by his father, a math teacher who was very scientifically oriented.

We've long known obesity raises breast cancer risk in post-menopausal women, but new studies show its significant impact on younger women, especially Black women.

Death rates have been cut in half for heart disease in the last 100 years and by one-third for stroke in the last 25 years.

MASLD in pediatric obesity was linked to an increased risk for youth-onset type 2 diabetes, especially in the presence of ...

Experts tell STAT what’s keeping Americans from reaching better cardiovascular health — and what’s giving them hope.

Semaglutide, the active ingredient found in Ozempic and Wegovy, may reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, a new study published Thursday morning finds.

The active ingredient in Ozempic was associated with a 40% to 70% lower risk of a first-time Alzheimer's diagnosis in ...

Obesity is a common cause of diabetes, heart disease and early death, but risk differs greatly from one person to the next. In work led by researchers at Lund University in Sweden as part of the ...