These foods are the heaviest hitters. While GLP-1 drugs have transformed how many people think about weight loss, the ...

While "you are what you eat" is considered a cliche these days, the impact of taking in too many saturated fats, simple sugars, and foods high in cholesterol can't be underestimated. Obesity has ...

Share on Pinterest Close adherence to a Mediterranean diet could help keep several types of cancer at bay in people with overweight or obesity. Image credit: SimpleImages/Getty Images. Overweight and ...

Obesity caused by a high-fat Western diet damages the pancreas, affecting insulin production and blood sugar control even after dietary changes and weight is lost. The new research suggests that early ...

Researchers in Sweden are testing whether a brain-healthy MIND diet can be realistically adopted by adults with obesity, laying the groundwork for future trials linking diet, gut health, and mental ...

A 2021 field team in Illeret, Kenya. From left: Srishti Sadhir, Ephraim Achau, Amanda McGrosky, David Nyasaga, Tom Otube, Koriye Koriye, Asher Rosinger, and Samuel Esho. That Americans are sedentary ...

It's common knowledge that obesity is a global epidemic, particularly in industrialized countries, and that it is a major cause of disease and poor overall health. However, there has been a tug-of-war ...

A new oral nanotherapy works directly on the small intestine, reducing its ability to absorb fat from the food we eat, according to a new study. While the therapy is at the early stages, if it proves ...

Obesity is a complex medical condition marked by excessive body fat that increases the risk of serious health problems such as heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, and certain cancers. While ...

Obesity fast-forwards your biological clock—but science now shows a strict keto diet can roll it back. This breakthrough study reveals how shedding weight with VLCKD can actually slow or even reverse ...

In phase 3 clinical trials, orforglipron was associated with significant reductions in mean percent body weight compared with placebo in patients with and without type 2 diabetes.

As a new daily pill to treat obesity has just been approved in the U.S and the makers of Mounjaro say Britain could soon ...