Adding soy-protein-rich foods while cutting calories doesn’t accelerate weight loss, a new study shows.

Overweight women who ate 500 fewer calories a day than normal while consuming an extra…

Obese men who are diagnosed with prostate cancer have more than two-and-a-half times the risk of dying from the disease as compared to…

Obese patients have a significantly higher risk of complications following surgery, including heart attack, wound infection, nerve injury and urinary tract infection, according to a new study from researchers…

Obesity rates have escalated dramatically in the last several decades and the condition negatively affects health, but its connection to conditions such as cardiovascular disease (CVD) is complex and…

Obese expectant mothers are having a “major impact” on the NHS due to increased risk of complications and the need for extra equipment and staff, according to research out…

Could your couch be making you fat?

A team of researchers at UNH is investigating whether the increasing ubiquity of chemical flame retardants found in foam furniture, carpeting, microwaves…

Critical portions of the brain in those who are obese don’t really know they are overweight, researchers have reported in the March issue of the journal Cell Metabolism, published by…

About two-thirds of people seeking weight-loss surgery have suffered from a psychiatric disorder at some point in their lives, and personality disorders are also common among this group, according to…

The mother of an eight-year-old boy who may be taken into care tomorrow because of his excessive weight has condemned her local health authority for threatening the…

A new study debunks the widely held belief that diet plus exercise is the most effective way to lose weight. Researchers report that dieting alone is just as…

Children in population-dense regions who live around green parks and lawns may be less likely to be overweight, according to a study appearing in the March/April…

New York City dwellers who reside in densely populated, pedestrian-friendly areas have significantly lower body mass index levels compared to other New Yorkers, a new…

Add this number to your need-to-know file: your body mass index.

Just like your blood pressure reading or cholesterol level, your body mass index (BMI) has an impact on your…

A form of weight-loss surgery called gastric banding appears safe and effective for severely obese teenagers, according to a study at one medical center.

The findings, published in the Journal…

West Virginia, which has the worst childhood obesity problem in the United States, is stepping up plans to use Konami Corp.‘s “Dance Dance Revolution” to battle the bulge in…

A supplement some people turn to in hopes of losing a few pounds may have some previously unknown, unsavory side effects, suggest two new studies.

Researchers studied how mice…

Human trials of an experimental treatment for obesity derived from cannabis, which is commonly associated with stimulating hunger, are scheduled to begin in the second half of this year, Britain’s GW…

A new study suggests that nearly one-third of children undergoing surgery are overweight or obese, placing them at increased risk of experiencing complications associated with the surgery.

“We hope our study…

Single protein in brain cells plays a key role in controlling body weight, response to insulin and leptin, and energy balance

A single protein in brain cells may act as a…

Obese patients hospitalized with heart failure tend to fare better than their lean counterparts, new research suggests.

The report, which appears in the American Heart Journal, indicates that this…

A very high proportion of children who are having surgery are overweight or obese, and because of the excess weight have a greater chance of experiencing…

It’s never too late for obese adults to improve their heart risks through diet and exercise, the results of a new small study suggests.

The researchers, who enrolled 27…

Obesity surgeries for patients between the ages of 55 and 64 in the United States soared from 772 procedures in 1998 to 15,086 surgeries in 2004—a nearly 2,000 percent increase,…

More than 120,000 obese Americans had some kind of surgery to help them lose weight in 2004, with the biggest increase among middle-aged people, according to a study released on Wednesday.

In a study of obese adults who successfully lost a substantial amount of weight by dieting, taking Xenical, along with lifestyle modification, helped keep them from regaining the weight.