A new study found more than two-thirds of Reserve and Guard troops are overweight, prompting a scathing rebuke of lax ...

Obesity is a chronic disease influenced by genetics, hormones, and metabolism, not merely overeating. Disruptions in leptin and ghrelin signaling, along with metabolic adaptation, contribute to ...

The absence of safety and efficacy data for drugs in individuals with obesity in package inserts may compromise health outcomes. Bruno Halpern, MD, PhD, a specialist in endocrinology and internal ...

The pecking order of the obesity drug market is shifting. Eli Lilly , the $815 billion maker of blockbuster weight-loss drugs ...

The new study on weight problems among Guardsmen and reservists comes as military officials look to update force standards.

Unhealthy sleep patterns and shorter sleep duration are correlated with increased obesity risk in American adults. Sleep pattern scoring provides a more comprehensive predictive indicator for ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Obesity, especially severe obesity, is linked to increased risk for 16 common health conditions, including obstructive sleep apnea, type 2 diabetes, and liver ...

In New York, outside New York City, rates of obesity among children and adolescents in public school districts have increased more than 13% since the COVID-19 pandemic began, state data show.

The Trump administration announced Friday that it is not moving forward with a Biden-era proposal that would have expanded coverage of costly anti-obesity drugs to more than 7 million Americans on ...

Researchers led by Keigo Morita and Shinya Kuroda of the University of Tokyo have revealed a temporal disruption in the metabolism of obese mice when adapting to starvation despite no significant ...

What is our current understanding of how differences in sex can affect obesity prevalence, comorbidities, and treatment options? The rates of obesity worldwide have been steadily rising and are ...