But the other part was gaining insight into the science of obesity, in part, thanks to meeting Ania M. Jastreboff, MD, PhD, a physician-scientist and founding director of the Yale Obesity Research ...

Body fat rarely stays in one place. A new imaging study suggests that the spots where fat settles can line up with changes in your brain. Researchers at The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical ...

The study crunched decades of BMI data taken from several nationally representative surveys, tracking obesity rates from 1990 ...

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

Where your body stores fat may matter just as much as how much you carry—especially for your brain. Using advanced MRI scans and data from nearly 26,000 people, researchers identified two surprising ...

Most viewers were quick to pick up on this falsehood, and began calling Oprah out on social media. "I'm trying to be this ...

Body mass index is widely used to assess the human body’s obesity, health, fitness, eligibility as a surgical candidate or ...

Roughly four in 10 U.S. adults are considered obese, but new data suggest the country may be at a turning point as weight loss drugs become more visible and more widely debated. According to recent ...

About half (53%) of Americans say they hear or read about Ozempic, Wegovy and similar drugs extremely or very often.

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

One person is in custody and an investigation is underway following an incident that caused property damage at the Ohio residence of Vice President JD Vance, authorities said Monday. The Vance family ...

A man who police identified as a person of interest in the fatal shooting at a Richmond IHOP on Monday shot himself Tuesday in front of police in San Pablo, according to authorities. The person of ...