Obesity is well known to be linked to a broad range of adverse health effects, and key among them is impaired immunity, which is speculated to play a key role in increasing the risk and severity of ...

About one in 10 infection-related deaths worldwide may be attributable to adult obesity ...

Adults with obesity are 70% more likely to get severe infections that lead to hospitalization or death, with the most severe ...

People with obesity are at 70 percent higher risk of serious infections, with one in ten infectious disease deaths globally ...

More than one in 10 infection-related adult deaths worldwide may be attributed to obesity, a team led by University of ...

Excess youth overweight and obesity remained highly prevalent in the United States in 2024, according to a study published online Feb. 10 in JAMA Network Open.

New research shows obesity increases the risk of severe infections, hospital stays, and death across the world.

A new study published in The Journal of Infection found that children and young adults with severe obesity before contracting ...

Obesity is high and holding steady in the U.S., but the proportion of those with severe obesity -- especially women -- has climbed since a decade ago, according to new government research. The U.S.

Obesity is high and holding steady in the U.S., but the proportion of those with severe obesity — especially women — has climbed since a decade ago, according to new government research. The U.S.

Overweight and obesity among youth remained highly prevalent in the US in 2024, data from electronic health records show.

In every single state, researchers expect at least 35% of adults to have a body mass index of 30 or higher, the threshold ...