Just over one in 10 deaths from a wide range of infectious diseases can be attributed to obesity worldwide, finds a major new study led by a University College London (UCL) researcher. People with ...

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 ...

Age-adjusted rates of cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality tripled from 3.4 to 10.34 per 100,000 people between 1999 and 2023 among US adults with obesity, with higher rates observed in men, older ...

People living with obesity are at a 70 percent higher risk of severe cases of infectious diseases, a new study has found. The probabilities of being hospitalised or dying from an infectious disease – ...

Just over one in 10 deaths from a wide range of infectious diseases can be attributed to obesity worldwide, finds a major new study led by a University College London (UCL) researcher. People with ...

Obese people face considerably higher risks of death from cancer than those with healthy body weights, according to a study that estimates 90,000 cancer deaths could be prevented annually if ...

Higher genetic risk for obesity appears to raise the risk of death from any cause after breast cancer diagnosis, new research finds, but a few extra daily steps could lower those odds. Breast cancer ...