NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - While some research has suggested that obese women have an increased risk of having a baby with a birth defect, a new study shows that diabetes may at least partly account ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Children with asthma and obesity breathe at higher tidal volumes, which may increase the efficiency of ...

A new study from the University of Cambridge found that Labradors and humans share a key gene linked to obesity. The DENND1B gene influences hunger signals in the brain, making those with the variant ...

More than 4 in 10 Americans now fit the medical definition for having obesity, putting them at risk for serious health problems, including diabetes, heart disease and some types of cancer. But when ...

Does obesity influence fracture risk? In an interview with HT Lifestyle, Dr Rajesh Srinivas, consultant, orthopedic surgeon, Manipal Hospital Varthur Road and Dr Harekrushna Sahu, consultant, ...

Obesity in India: Obesity is becoming a serious health problem globally. Usually, in earlier times, people used to ignore it as a condition that spoils the body structure; however, with time, people ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) - More than two out of five adults in the U.S. are obese. You may have heard that if you move more, you’ll protect yourself from weight gain. But a new study shows ...

Walk down the street or look around your church or office and no one needs to tell you that America has a problem with obesity. If fact, nearly 35% of people in this country are considered obese of ...

The prevalence of prediabetes has increased significantly in recent years among Finnish children living with overweight or ...

More than half of EU adults are overweight, while one in six is classified as obese; it’s a growing problem for healthcare ...