The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has urged that this be "recognised as an urgent and growing public health challenge". Obesity is “contributing to avoidable harm” while also putting increased ...

For decades, body mass index (BMI) has been the dominant tool for defining obesity, despite longstanding concerns that it poorly reflects individual health risk. Growing evidence suggests that the ...

Obesity is contributing to a record proportion of deaths among pregnant women, the Royal College of Physicians has warned.

America’s obesity problem is tipping the scales. A new study found that the share of US adults living with obesity has more ...

Adult obesity in the United States has gone up over the past 30 years. Here's a look at why.

A team of scientists has uncovered a critical mechanism that could pave the way for safer and more effective obesity ...

Is Obesity Genetic or Environmental? Get All the Details This article was reviewed by Lynn Marie Morski, MD, JD. Key ...

Using data culled from nearly 11 million people, the researchers found that just over 19% were obese in 1990, compared to ...

Doctors, patients and researchers are at the very beginning of understanding how the new class of obesity drugs interact with ...

Letter: A call for a joined-up approach to tackling obesity from Prof Les Mayhew ...