Councils need more support from central government to help bring down childhood obesity rates, a local authority has said.

Ask the Experts” also served as a kickoff event for Cleveland Clinic’s Palm Beach Ball, which takes place Feb. 22 at The ...

GPs should use their ‘clinical judgement’ to decide when a child’s obesity has become a safeguarding concern, according to ...

Where you store fat, as opposed to how much you have, may be a bigger risk factor for colon cancer, a study published in JAMA ...

A new report says only using BMI to determine if a patient has obesity leads to under-diagnosing people who are ill and ...

Researchers present a nuanced approach to defining clinical obesity as a chronic illness resulting from the effect of excess adiposity on organ and tissue function.

More than half of respondents to a survey were unaware that bariatric surgery may improve some women’s chances of getting ...

Pediatric patients considered obese at cancer diagnosis are linked to significantly worse survival outcomes, especially those ...

Obesity at cancer diagnosis appeared linked to significantly poorer survival among children and adolescents, according to ...

Obesity is a severe public health problem, contributing significantly to the global non-communicable disease burden, ...

Keith Ferdinand, MD, professor of medicine, Gerald S. Berenson Chair in Preventative Cardiology, Tulane University School of Medicine, continues his discussion on treatment approaches for patients ...

Research showed that patients who lose weight on GLP-1 agonists frequently experience muscle mass loss. Obesity experts share ...