For many people, an increase in body weight is often accompanied by rising blood sugar levels, which usually appears without ...

A recent study highlights a surprising potential benefit of diabetes and obesity drugs, GLP-1 receptor agonists, in improving ...

Adult obesity in the United States has gone up over the past 30 years. Here's a look at why.

Across all income levels, bariatric surgery resulted in better diabetes control than GLP-1s or similar medications, a study ...

America’s obesity problem is tipping the scales. A new study found that the share of US adults living with obesity has more ...

Research suggests there is not clear consensus about preferred terms to describe body size. Terms to describe body size in ...

Researchers reviewed the body mass index of over 11 million Americans.

Researchers predict the obesity rate among U.S. adults will rise to 47% of the population by 2035. Experts say this trend can ...

The novel metabolic predictor emphasizes central adiposity, while integrating metabolites and other measures of metabolic ...

Nearly half of American adults—some 126 million people—will be obese within 10 years, a new study projects. Adult obesity in ...

In the obesity group, microbes appeared more active in breaking down sugars and proteins in ways that could contribute to health problems. Those metabolic shifts were also linked with higher levels of ...

“It’s been known for a long time that obesity causes uncontrolled inflammation, but no one knew the mechanism behind it. ‌Our ...