Objective To investigate the correlation between caregivers’ health-related behaviours and the prevalence of overweight/obesity among children aged 2–6 years in Beijing city in China. Design ...

Obesity medication prescriptions reached 1.5 million, driven by GLP-1 agents semaglutide and tirzepatide, as public interest ...

Gut bacteria-produced exopolysaccharides (EPS) help regulate metabolism by modulating gut microbiota, promoting SCFA ...

Researchers at the, Riverside, backed by a substantial NIH grant, are pioneering a study on the unique immune responses to ...

A parasitic worm infection, also known as a helminth infection, occurs when parasitic worms, or helminths, infect the body.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than two in five American adults have obesity, a common and ...

People with higher body mass indexes say they're relieved by experts' new guidance to downplay the use of BMI in diagnosing people with weight problems or obesity.

Background: Obesity is an emerging health problem worldwide as it is ... KJ: Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing–review and editing. JV: Investigation, ...

Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, ...

New guidelines are changing how obesity is diagnosed. One change is establishing a “pre-clinical” category, which could help with providing coverage for medications and surgical procedures ...

With a rumoured BMI of over 29, at the time, the 35-year-old mother-of-three and body-positive activist was hovering on the cusp of obesity – which starts at a BMI of 30. But can people who ...

A group of experts from around the world are proposing an alternative way of defining clinical obesity, eschewing the commonly referenced body max index (BMI) and instead approaching the condition ...