Obesity isn’t just a matter of food and exercise — it may be in your genetic code, according to new research. “Obesity’s causes are very complex and in the majority of cases, the ...

Researchers believe they have discovered a new biological mechanism for obesity, pointing to rare variants on two genes that dramatically increase the risk of carrying excess weight.

Syndromic obesity is associated with genetic conditions like Bardet-Biedle syndrome (BBS) and Alstrom syndrome. How Environmental Factors Influence Obesity For most people, obesity is not entirely ...

Why it's difficult for genetically obese people to permanently lose weight and your DNA creates biological barriers that make ...

Obesity levels worldwide are growing relentlessly. Spain is one of the most affected countries: by 2050, children under 14 years old will rank fourth globally, and almost half will be overweight.

Sugar, aspartame (Equal), sucralose (Splenda) and glycyrrhizin (licorice root) are all significantly associated with a higher ...

In fact, this conundrum inspired her new book, The Ozempic Revolution: How GLP-1 Drugs Can Help You Reverse Obesity, End Yo-Yo Dieting, and Protect Yourself From Disease, which Sowa bills as ...

Motion sickness is a very common condition that affects about 1 in 3 people, but the brain circuits involved are largely unknown. In the current study published in Nature Metabolism, researchers at ...

Now new research at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) suggests obesity may also be linked to some genetic mutations that drive specific subtypes of cancer. “Our results show that obesity ...

Rethinking the way we define obesity could help millions of people worldwide, argue a team of researchers who want to introduce a new category of “preclinical” obesity.

With new treatments that cost upwards of $1,000 per person per month, along with supply shortages, how to define obesity is more than just a fight over nomenclature.