"With potentially 70% of the adult population now considered to have excess fat, we need to better understand what treatment ...

Many people have a genetic predisposition to obesity, but gene defects that guarantee obesity are rare. Here's what you need ...

Not long ago, obesity was popularly considered a disease of affluence — the product of excess and overindulgence. Today, obesity is increasingly recognized as a disease of poverty, rooted in ...

People with excess body fat who also had stronger handgrip strength were less likely to develop obesity-related heart, liver ...

People with excess body fat who build and keep muscle may be less likely to develop obesity-induced heart, liver, or kidney ...

The obesity epidemic that has long plagued the United States may be showing signs of improvement, but not in Oregon. New data ...