Genetic causes of obesity include monogenic, polygenic, and syndromic obesity. You may have a mutation in one or more genes that may cause early-onset obesity or affect hunger cues. Nearly 42% of ...

A new study suggests using body mass index alone may miss many people with the disease, but the findings come with caveats.

There are few diagnostic terms in medicine more stigmatized than “obesity,” which affects 41.9% of U.S. adults over 20, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But many doctors ...

Could the way doctors traditionally measure obesity allow a subset of people with obesity-related health risks to slip ...

Details of a new drug that aims to treat the underlying causes of obesity were presented at the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Vienna, Austria (15–19 ...

New research reveals that obesity, having a knee injury and occupational risks such as shift work and lifting heavy loads are primary causes of knee osteoarthritis. New research from the University of ...

Americans are overweight and out of shape. We all have read or heard the statistics a bajillion times. While the scope of the problem is evident, the causes are not. Conventional thinking, born out of ...

The woman, 60, had long-standing obesity and had consulted a new doctor for weight management help. “Over the last 6-8 months, she told me, she was not able to keep up with her friends when walking,” ...