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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...