A genetic test may one day predict a child’s risk of obesity in adulthood, paving the way for early interventions.

Tirzepatide improves outcomes in patients with obesity-related HFpEF regardless of the severity of their baseline BMI or fat ...

Researchers hope that a better understanding of which genes contribute to excess weight could help with prevention starting ...

FILE PHOTO: Fitness coach Aaron Kusasira guides elderly women as they take part in community-led fitness drills session that ...

It turns out that obesity may be much more complicated than we thought, with the condition potentially existing in up to 11 ...

Scientists find that diet, especially ultraprocessed foods, has a greater impact on obesity than physical activity levels, ...

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the prevalence of obesity in Canada has increased at a greater rate.

Cancer deaths linked to obesity more than tripled in the United States during the past two decades, a new study says.

An obesity drug from Hengrui Pharma and Kailera Therapeutics succeeded in a late-stage trial in China, while Anne Wojcicki’s ...

What if we could prevent people from developing obesity? The World Obesity Federation expects more than half the global ...

People in richer countries aren’t moving less — they’re just eating more. A new Duke study shows that diet, not laziness, is ...

New research published Tuesday concludes that the rising rate of extreme childhood obesity—well above the usual BMI ...