Major heart health risk factors like obesity, diabetes and high blood pressure remain on the rise in the United States, ...

A commission proposed a new definition of obesity focused on how excess fat affects the body, rather than assessing body mass ...

Hims & Hers, a tele-health start-up, aims to stand apart from dozens of Super Bowl commercials hawking snacks with a spot ...

China is aiming to beef up physical education in schools, making it core to the curriculum rather than a secondary subject, ...

People with diabetes and obesity are at higher risk for severe respiratory illness caused by viruses, including serious ...

Helping kids with obesity drop pounds can have a huge impact on their future health.When these children and teens los ...

A group of 58 researchers is calling for a new, better way to measure obesity and excess body fat that goes beyond BMI.

Eli Lilly's Ozempic-rivaling weight-loss pill orforglipron could be available in early 2026. Its retatrutide may be as ...

Researchers at the, Riverside, backed by a substantial NIH grant, are pioneering a study on the unique immune responses to ...

Novo Nordisk announced positive trial results for its next-generation obesity drug, leading to a 7.13% surge in its share ...

Body Mass Index, or BMI, has long been criticized as an unreliable method for measuring obesity — and now a group of experts ...

Over-availability of food: Since cats do not need to hunt to eat when they are confined to the house, they sometimes eat just ...