Obesity ups the risk for a number of skin conditions and infections, including stretch marks, cellulitis, and cutaneous candidiasis.

America’s obesity problem is tipping the scales. A staggering 47% of American adults will be living with obesity by 2035, a new study published in JAMA projects, citing the country’s rapidly rising ...

New research being presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Istanbul, Turkey (12-15 May), reveals distinct patterns of heart, metabolic, and inflammatory health risks between men ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Obesity rates continue to be a critical issue for kids and teens in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More than 19% of kids and teens across the ...

A team of scientists led by the University of Granada (UGR), the Public University of Navarra (UPNA) and the CIBER has shown that intermittent fasting (reducing the number of hours of intake and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Polling shows that 1 in 8 Americans have tried GLP-1 drugs. zimmytws/iStock via Getty Images Plus The Trump administration is ...

By Dina Gavarieva The recent report highlighting Cyprus as one of the worst-performing countries in Europe for childhood ...

Guidance from three obesity associations offers recommendations for specific obesity medications and spells out the need to reduce stigma. Will it help?

Believe it or not, it's now been a couple of years since the American Medical Association (our nation’s largest physicians’ organization) decided to recognize obesity as a disease—one that requires a ...

Children and youth account for 60 percent of the Saudi population which comes out to about 10 million Saudis. The majority of them will be a burden on the health care system in the future because they ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) David B. Sarwer, Temple University (THE CONVERSATION) The Trump administration is ...