A fat activist explains why she objects to the medicalization of larger bodies and the idea that obesity is a disease.

"Alison was the preeminent scholar on adolescent obesity and eating disorders,” said Kerri Boutelle, a pediatrics professor ...

Obese mice whose fat cells were genetically altered to produce an increased amount of the glucose-dependent insulinotropic ...

For adults with overweight or obesity without diabetes, glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) are efficacious ...

The startup, which has already raised more than half a billion dollars, released Phase 2 results that could position its drug ...

Breaking the silence on how generational trauma impacts obesity in Black communities, through one woman's powerful journey ...

Although bipartisan legislation to provide Medicare coverage for obesity treatments has circulated in Congress for more than ...

Results showed patients with a BMI of 40 kg/m2 or more who used glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists for at least 90 ...

The United States was found to be a little bit thinner and healthier in 2023. Research findings show a decrease in obesity for the first time in a decade. Although this percentage is only 0.4%, it ...

Nov. 26, 2024 — Tirzepatide, a new injectable weight-loss drug, reduced the risk of diabetes in patients with obesity and prediabetes by more than 90% over a three-year period, compared with ...

Combined exposure to dioxins and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (DL-PCBs) is significantly associated with an ...

While obesity is often thought of as excessive weight gain, this condition can also lead to severe physiological ...