The Obesity Working Group of the Spanish Society of Endocrinology and Nutrition (GOSEEN) conducts various awareness campaigns to address the growing global and national health challenges of obesity.

Is obesity a disease or a risk factor for disease? In medical circles – and outside of them – the question is contentious, with supporters on either side. In a newly published report, the Global ...

Obesity is a chronic disease that can significantly affect an individual’s overall health. In this Care Cues, experts discuss ...

Current childhood obesity prevention programs mostly focus on nutrition education and physical activity, which too often fail ...

Experts have come to recognize that viewing obesity as a failure of willpower is not only unhelpful but also medically inaccurate. Today, major health authorities agree that obesity is a complex ...

A Phase III trial of Rhythm Pharmaceuticals’ Imcivree (setmelanotide) failed to meet its primary endpoints in four rare, ...

Biomed Industries, Inc. Presented Breakthrough Unified Theory Linking Alzheimer’s Disease, Obesity and Cardiovascular ...

Type 2 diabetes is a disease that involves your blood glucose (also known as blood sugar) being too high, and obesity is a major risk factor that can make you more likely to develop it. “Insulin ...

Obesity is a serious health issue that increases the risk of developing diabetes and increases the risk of diabetic kidney ...

Just over one in 10 deaths from a wide range of infectious diseases can be attributed to obesity worldwide, finds a major new study led by a University College London (UCL) researcher. People with ...

Genentech is halting development of an antibody for two rare genetic diseases after the candidate failed to boost muscle growth, raising questions about whether the molecule can preserve muscle in two ...

The companies developing new weight-loss medicines have a problem: the balance of power has shifted, and patients are bailing out of their clinical trials.