Obesity is a global epidemic and a major cause of morbidity and mortality because it increases the risk for comorbidities, ...

Fast food gets a bad rap. Everyone points fingers at burger joints when discussing America's weight struggles, but reality ...

A major review in Frontiers in Science highlights how tackling unsustainable food systems—reflected by our changing food ...

Obesity is linked to a lot of issues that can impact your health and quality of life. One of these is a condition called fatty liver disease. Fatty liver disease is an illness in which fat builds up ...

Stock image of a doctor's scale. For the first time in a decade, rates of adult obesity in the United States have dropped, a new study has found. The study followed nearly 17 million people, the ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Obesity in the U.S., especially here in the Mountain State is a growing yet troubling trend. That’s the concern of Dr. Robert Shin, Director of the Weight Loss clinic at Charleston ...

Obesity is defined using a person's body mass index, the ratio between weight and height, with a BMI of 25 to 29.9 considered overweight and over 30 obese. When assigning blame, two factors are common ...

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 a groundbreaking study has found that it’s far more complex, uncovering 11 ...

Visceral obesity is associated with increased left ventricular mass and reduced ventricular volumes — suggesting concentric ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks alongside then-presidential nominee Donald Trump at a Turning Point Action Rally in Duluth, Georgia, in October 2024. As the parable goes, the river was swift and ...