Two months ago, Phoenix residents Marlene Zytcer, 57, and her daughter Aimee, 31, traveled to the University of California, San Diego Medical Center for a minimally invasive surgery…

Obesity is widely recognized as an epidemic in the Western world; however, the impact of obesity on the skin has received minimal attention. The purpose of…

Mayo Clinic physicians have identified that simply being diagnosed as obese increases a patient’s likelihood of establishing a treatment plan with their physician, a crucial step in improving health.…

Only one in seven UK doctors’ surgeries provide well-developed support programmes for obese patients, according to a survey of primary care nurses published in the latest…

Are your friends making you fat” Or keeping you slender” According to new research from Harvard and the University of California, San Diego, the short answer on both counts is “yes.”

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Researchers at the Monell Chemical Senses Center have identified a genetically-transmitted metabolic defect that can lead to obesity in some individuals. The defect involves decreased production of liver enzymes…

Obese girls are half as likely to attend college as non-obese girls, according to a new study from The University of Texas at Austin.

The study also shows obese girls…

An obese person is more likely than a lean person to develop multiple myeloma, according to researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and Harvard…

An increasing number of children and teenagers are now obese and are at risk for developing high blood pressure, heart disease and stroke, including diabetes, even as children and teenagers. This could…

Pediatricians who talk to obese patients and their families about losing weight feel their conversation makes little difference in encouraging a lifestyle change, a small…

Most women get it - smoking and drinking don’t mix with pregnancy, but not so with excess weight before and during pregnancy. Physicians need to be aggressively counseling women about…

Overweight children are stigmatized by their peers as early as age 3 and even face bias from their parents and teachers, giving them a quality of life comparable to people with cancer,…

The U.S. obesity prevalence increased from 13 percent to 32 percent between the 1960s and 2004, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health…

Italian scientists recently made the news for their efforts to help people take off pounds. They’re testing a new diet pill that during digestion turns into a clear,…

A government task force examining the effect the media might have on childhood obesity delayed the release of its report Thursday.

Sens. Sam Brownback, R-Kansas, and Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, along with…

GlaxoSmithKline’s new diet drug, Alli, hit shelves nationwide last month. As the first FDA-approved over-the-counter weight loss pill, Alli is receiving a lot of attention. “We have an…

Breastfeeding has many benefits for babies, but protection from obesity may not be one of them, a UK research team reports.

Instead, the researchers say, the protective effect of…

A new study on the effect of the anti-obesity drug rimonabant on liver function in obese rats found that it reduced markers of liver damage, decreased levels of…

A search for the molecular clues of longevity has taken Mayo Clinic researchers down another path that could explain why some people who consume excessive calories don’t gain weight.…

A search for the molecular clues of longevity has taken Mayo Clinic researchers down another path that could explain why some people who consume excessive calories don’t gain weight.…

A family-based weight management program developed by researchers at Yale School of Medicine was more effective at reducing weight, body fat, body mass index (BMI) and…

When a baby is born, everyone wants to know its weight. But my baby’s size, or lack of it, was…

Obese pregnant women can avoid weight gain or even lose some weight without harming their babies, a small study suggests.

In fact, researchers found, obese women who maintained their weight…

The first and only over-the-counter product for weight loss approved by the Food and Drug Administration will be available Friday, June 15.

Orlistat, known by the brand…

Doctors are calling for the parents of obese children under the age of 12 to be targeted under child protection laws and for their offspring to be taken into care.