A global study shows obesity heightens the risk of severe infections and related deaths across multiple disease types and ...

People with severe obesity have a drastically increased risk of suffering a severe illness or even death from infections, according to a new analysis of health data from more than 540,000 patients in ...

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

By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterWEDNESDAY, Feb. 11, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Obesity contributes to about 1 in every 4 ...

Lancet study shows that being very overweight runs risk of hospitalisation from diseases including flu and pneumonia ...

Just over one in 10 deaths from a wide range of infectious diseases can be attributed to obesity worldwide, finds a major new ...

Obesity is a common risk factor for various long-term conditions (LTCs), according to a February study published in Nature Communications.

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

Type 2 diabetes is a disease that involves your blood glucose (also known as blood sugar) being too high, and obesity is a major risk factor that can make you more likely to develop it. “Insulin ...

The Obesity Working Group of the Spanish Society of Endocrinology and Nutrition (GOSEEN) conducts various awareness campaigns to address the growing global and national health challenges of obesity.

A public health expert explains how GLP-1 drugs have changed the way healthcare providers understand and treat obesity.

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