Obesity

The USPSTF has updated its 2012 recommendations on behavioral counseling to promote a healthful diet and physical activity for cardiovascular disease prevention among adults without obesity who do not have...

Nearly 13 million US adults ages 65 years or older are obese and face higher risk of major mobility disability (MMD). Researchers evaluated the effects of moderate exercise on MMD risk in this patient...

Three new papers on obesity shed light on the potential opportunities and pitfalls in helping our nation’s veterans combat an escalating obesity problem in their ranks.

Research has suggested a paradoxical trend in mortality rate between obese and non-obese patients for various cardiovascular disorders. However, little research has examined the “obesity paradox” in...

A recent study examined the association between sleep habits and weight gain in individuals with genetic risk factors for obesity and adiposity.

A recent study sought to determine whether diet mediated the relationship between pain and body fat in patients with obesity.

A recent study examined internalized weight bias and self-stigmatization in obese individuals could affect their risk of developing metabolic syndrome.

Researchers are seeking to introduce two new terms, overfat and underfat, as a way to promote public health, and awareness of body fat conditions in individuals worldwide.

Obese young adults at risk for developing kidney disease are largely unaware of the looming problem, a U.S. study suggests.