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

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

Economic development drives higher obesity rates worldwide, but not because people move less. Instead, rising consumption of ...

Researchers analyzed national health data from 2008 to 2023, uncovering a surge in the most severe obesity categories for children aged 2 to 18 years old.

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The proportion of severely overweight children in the US has skyrocketed in recent years, with the highest rates seen in ...

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

Cancer deaths tied to obesity have skyrocketed, especially in vulnerable groups like women and rural communities.

Obesity is uncommon among Hadza hunter-gatherers in Tanzania, Tsimane forager-farmers in Bolivia, Tuvan herder-farmers in Siberia, and other people in less-developed nations. But it’s widespread among ...

Amanda McGrosky, an assistant professor of biology at Elon, is the co-lead investigator on research that looked at the body’s ...

LAHORE: Pakistan is facing a full-blown obesity epidemic, with 81% of women and 74% of men now classified as obese, health ...