Obesity in childhood is a growing concern in the United States and beyond. While lifestyle factors are responsible for most cases of weight gain in children, hormone-related conditions may also be a ...

A new study has found that 11 types of cancer are on the rise in the 20 to 49-year-old age group, with obesity emerging as a ...

Obesity Classification And WHO BMI Categories Explained: By Aditya Migom Doley Weight doesn’t always tell the full story, but numbers still matter when doctors need a shared language. That’s where ...

Does obesity influence fracture risk? In an interview with HT Lifestyle, Dr Rajesh Srinivas, consultant, orthopedic surgeon, Manipal Hospital Varthur Road and Dr Harekrushna Sahu, consultant, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than 4 in 10 Americans now fit the medical definition for having obesity, putting them at risk for serious health problems, ...

Obesity is an important factor behind rising cancer rates among younger people but it is likely that multiple factors are ...

A new study from the University of Cambridge found that Labradors and humans share a key gene linked to obesity. The DENND1B gene influences hunger signals in the brain, making those with the variant ...

An international team of researchers led by Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the University of Copenhagen in Denmark has pinpointed some of the reasons why obesity does not affect everyone ...

Researchers at the Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine have uncovered a key primary step in the hepatic ERK pathway that leads to increased insulin production. The research is published in ...

Obesity, which has increased steadily since 1995, could be a key factor in the rise of cases of cancer in people aged between ...

More than 4 in 10 Americans now fit the medical definition for having obesity, putting them at risk for serious health problems, including diabetes, heart disease and some types of cancer. But when ...