Obesity is a complex medical condition marked by excessive body fat that increases the risk of serious health problems such as heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, and certain cancers. While ...

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 ...

Hypothalamic obesity (HyOb) is a rare type of obesity caused by damage to the hypothalamus, the brain region that regulates hunger, metabolism, and energy balance. This damage disrupts your body’s ...

New research reveals that obesity, having a knee injury and occupational risks such as shift work and lifting heavy loads are primary causes of knee osteoarthritis. New research from the University of ...

Large proportions of obesity-related conditions (ORCs) among US adolescents and young adults may be attributable to obesity and, to a lesser extent, overweight, a cross-sectional study suggested.

Details of a new drug that aims to treat the underlying causes of obesity were presented at the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Vienna, Austria (15–19 ...

There are few diagnostic terms in medicine more stigmatized than “obesity,” which affects 41.9% of U.S. adults over 20, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But many doctors ...

A survey of adults living with obesity and their physicians across seven countries reveals a high disconnect between their perceptions about the causes of obesity and treatment goals. The findings ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For decades, common wisdom and public health messaging have assumed that people in highly developed nations, like the United ...