Pointing to his obesity and other medical conditions, lawyers for Florida Death Row inmate Michael Tanzi are trying to halt ...

Tanzi’s lawyers argue the state’s lethal-injection procedure would violate the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual ...

I attended a funeral where the gentleman being buried had prepared for that day by building his own casket. He and his loved ...

In the UK, the NHS generally classes obese people as having a body mass index (BMI) of above 30, and being overweight is associated with a BMI of 25-30. However, the measure (which looks only at ...

1 School of Public Health, Bengbu Medical University, Bengbu, Anhui, China 2 Huainan Maternal and Child Health and Family Planning Service Centre, Huainan, Anhui, China Background: Obesity is ...

The studies have calculated the prevalence of overweight and obese individuals (adults and children) globally, with forecasts till 2050. As of 2021, nearly 211 crore people, about 45% of the global ...

The number of overweight or obese people worldwide rose from 929 million in 1990 to 2.6 billion in 2021, the study found. Without a serious change, the researchers estimate that 3.8 billion adults ...

A Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) officer who passed away after a violent confrontation in a bar in Kericho county has been laid to rest. Son of KDF officer Ezekiel Bett who was killed after bar ...

Humans also carry the DENND1B gene, and the researchers found that this gene is also linked with obesity in people. DENND1B was found to directly affect a brain pathway responsible for regulating ...

Obesity is a growing health concern worldwide, affecting millions of people. It not only impacts physical appearance but also increases the risk of several chronic diseases, including diabetes, heart ...

Does being classified as obese mean you can't be healthy? (Photo Illustration: Yahoo News, photos: Getty Images) ...