Obesity has long been classified as a global epidemic — and new data published in The Lancet journal spotlights how much ...

The unprecedented global epidemic of overweight and obesity is a profound tragedy and a monumental societal failure,” said ...

Two recent documents—one from the FDA, the other from a commission organized by The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology—indicate ...

The pharmaceutical industry is not stopping there. There are already 100 new drug candidates in trials, all vying for a slice ...

Without urgent policy reform and action, over half the world's adult population (3.8 billion) and a third of all children and ...

The way we think about obesity is changing. A new definition and diagnostic framework for obesity has been put forward in a commission published by The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, recognizing ...

Nearly 40% of consumers classified as overweight or obese under traditional body mass index (BMI) definitions would no longer carry that diagnosis under newly proposed criteria recently published ...

Both studies estimated that India’s number of overweight and obese people will keep increasing till 2050. What may be the ...

By being educated about the risks associated with obesity and pregnancy, you can take some powerful steps today to begin ...

How the Lancet report on obesity is a cause for concern for India, which is already dealing with a high burden of ...

The PS Parliamentary Group has recommended that the Government adopt measures so that medicines used to combat obesity are co ...

“By identifying individuals in a preclinical obesity phase, where they are not yet classified as obese but are showing signs ...