Female sex and higher education are significantly linked to the escalating prevalence of obesity and overweight in Africa, finds one of the largest and most detailed analyses of body weight trends in ...

Nearly half of American adults—about 126 million people—are expected to be living with obesity by 2035, according to a new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The research shows ...

A recent study adds one more reason to be concerned about obesity in adolescents and young adults. A research letter, published online in JAMA Pediatrics in August, found that large portions of ...

Obesity may be tougher on male immune systems than females, a new study in mice at the University of Michigan Medical School suggests. With the risk for obesity-associated diseases significantly ...