Common statins and blood-pressure medications are quietly reshaping the health risks long associated with obesity, according ...

Your liver plays a vital role in your metabolism, the biological process which converts food into energy. We know that being overweight can negatively affect metabolic activity, but not exactly how.

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Dr Anoop Misra explains the benefits and side effects that weight loss injections pose for non-obese diabetics. Here is what ...

A step towards individualised obesity care The growing number of new obesity drugs is welcome news for clinicians and over a ...

Obesity and dietitian societies have joined forces to issue a new consensus statement on recommendations surrounding use of ...

A research team led by experts at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center has documented new evidence that excess abdominal ...

Semaglutide is the active ingredient in several U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved treatment options for ...

Approximately 16% of the global population, or about 890 million people, suffer from obesity. The World Health Organization (WHO) has recognized obesity as a significant health issue and highlighted ...

Rising rates of obesity and diabetes represent two severe public health crises. A new mouse study suggests eating pecans could help curb obesity and diabetes, and related health issues. Mice fed a ...