A joint investigation by KFF Health News and NBC News found that cosmetic surgery chains have been the target of scores of ...

Weight is a visible, cheap and easy metric – but it doesn’t reflect what matters most: diet quality, physical activity, blood ...

MRI findings indicate that smoking is linked to reduced brain volume, raising concerns about dementia risk, especially with ...

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

The new drug forces fat cells to produce more energy and doesn't impact appetite or muscle mass, unlike some existing ...

A groundbreaking new study has revealed that your DNA may predict whether you’re likely to develop obesity—years before symptoms emerge.

The global prevalence of OA attributed to high BMI has steadily increased over the past 3 decades, particularly among women and in high-SDI regions.

A groundbreaking study involving genetic data from over five million people has uncovered how our DNA can predict obesity ...

Scientists found that obesity may exist in 11 biological forms, each linked to different genes and body functions.

For decades now, obesity has been defined by a number on a scale or where you land on the body mass index (BMI) measure. But ...

A new genetic analysis using data from over five million people has provided a clearer understanding of the risk of going on to live with obesity.  New research led by the Universities of Copenhagen ...

A tool which can measure a child’s risk of becoming obese in later life has been created by scientists. It is hoped that the ...