Researchers hope that a better understanding of which genes contribute to excess weight could help with prevention starting ...

A genetic test may one day predict a child’s risk of obesity in adulthood, paving the way for early interventions.

FILE PHOTO: Fitness coach Aaron Kusasira guides elderly women as they take part in community-led fitness drills session that ...

Tirzepatide improves outcomes in patients with obesity-related HFpEF regardless of the severity of their baseline BMI or fat ...

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

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

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the prevalence of obesity in Canada has increased at a greater rate.

An obesity drug from Hengrui Pharma and Kailera Therapeutics succeeded in a late-stage trial in China, while Anne Wojcicki’s ...

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 ...

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

Patients prescribed drugs to help them lose weight may experience a rebound in weight gain after halting their prescription, ...

What if we could prevent people from developing obesity? The World Obesity Federation expects more than half the global ...