According to the CDC, as of August 2023, 40.3 percent of U.S. adults—some 100 million people—met the clinical definition for obesity. But this same estimate, which is based on National Health ...

A study co-led by a Johns Hopkins Children's Center clinician-researcher shows that adding text messaging and other electronic feedback to traditional in-clinic health counseling for parents about ...

New data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has provided insight into the prevalence of obesity across the United States. The figures, initially from the 2023 Adult ...

Obesity is a condition in which excess fat has accumulated in the body, such that it can have an adverse effect on health. Obesity is defined as a body mass index (BMI) of greater than 30 kg/m2 ...

Treatment options for obesity typically include lifestyle measures such as diet and exercise. However, therapy can also help by teaching you the skills needed to maintain a healthier lifestyle.

A drug used to combat fungal infections in cancer patients comes with a big caveat — research shows the medicine can last twice as long in people with obesity. This means chemotherapies may be ...

Obesity increases the risk for life-threatening and chronic conditions including heart disease, stroke and Type 2 diabetes, which together cost the U.S. billions of dollars annually. This metric ...

From this metric, your physician can diagnose whether you are under or average weight, or whether you have obesity. The thing is: BMI is a metric that was not designed to diagnose someone with a ...

The International Journal of Obesity is a multi-disciplinary forum for research describing basic, clinical and applied studies in biochemistry, physiology, genetics and nutrition, molecular ...

In under-resourced parts of Los Angeles, people develop life-altering, preventable diabetes complications related to obesity.

A drug used to combat fungal infections in cancer patients comes with a big caveat — research shows the medicine can last twice as long as in people with obesity. This means chemotherapies may ...

Oct. 30, 2024 — Young people with severe obesity who underwent weight-loss surgery at age 19 or younger continued to see sustained weight loss and resolution of common obesity-related ...