Being asked whether you considered yourself a normal weight, plumper or thinner as a child when attending a doctor’s appointment as an adult might appear like a very strange question to ask, but new ...

Research finds stigma and criticism still shape decisions around medical treatment for obesity Two in three people usin ...

Obesity is driving one in six deaths from a wide range of infectious diseases, new research suggests. Globally, obesity may have been a driving factor in 0.6 million out of 5.4 million deaths from ...

Adults at high cardiovascular risk and living with overweight or obesity [1] experience a higher number of cardiovascular events (such as heart attack and stroke), are at greater risk of dying ...

Obesity is driving one in six deaths from infection in the UK, new research suggests. Experts warned that people with obesity are 70% more likely to be admitted to hospital or die from an infectious ...

A study led by Medical Research Council (MRC) scientists has identified genetic variants in two genes that the investigators say have some of the largest impacts on obesity risk discovered to date.

Obesity is a complex disorder that is dependent on environmental and genetic factors. Severe obesity, which is otherwise known as class III obesity, is a chronic condition that increases the risk of ...

According to new data from Cancer Research UK, cancer cases are increasing more rapidly among young people than older adults due to the obesity epidemic, cheap junk food, and inactivity. The number of ...