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

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It would work, for a while, and she would lose some weight. Ultimately, however, “I couldn’t get over the obsession with food ...

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

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.

Researchers at Jiangmen Central Hospital (China) investigated the association between red blood cell folate and visceral adipose tissue in young and middle-aged adults in the United States using ...

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

The world of prior authorization, and the hoops we need to jump through, has gotten just more and more ridiculous, bordering on the absurd, and I'm worried that things are about to get much worse.

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 ...