Obesity

To assess the impact of endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty on total body weight, authors of a study measured more than 5 years of weight-loss data of more than 200 individuals with obesity prior to the...

Researchers assessed the association between BMI and swollen joint count among more than 300 individuals with rheumatoid arthritis.

As both the prevalence of obesity and the number of MS cases increases, researchers say it is important to examine the relationship between obesity in children and adolescents and the later occurrence of...

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October 11 was World Obesity Day 2018. Catch up on the latest developments in obesity medicine!

New research from NORC at the University of Chicago sheds light on a sometimes lesser-recognized effect of the US obesity epidemic: “fat shaming.”

Following a systematic evidence review, the US Preventive Services Task Force has released updates to its 2012 recommendations on screening for obesity in adults.

In a new study, researchers aimed to determine how metabolic health status changes over time, and whether these changes affect CVD risk across various BMI categories.

The authors of a new study have pinpointed various factors that influence the risk and severity of obesity onset during childhood based on age, BMI, and other data.