More than half of all adults and a third of children, teenagers and young adults around the world are predicted to be overweight or obese by 2050. The findings come from a new study of global data, ...

Obesity is a growing health concern worldwide, affecting millions of people. It not only impacts physical appearance but also increases the risk of several chronic diseases, including diabetes, heart ...

(Relevance: India is suffering from the double burden of malnutrition and rising obesity. Recently, the Prime Minister also emphasized reducing oil consumption by 10%. He has nominated celebrities to ...

Shares in Novo Nordisk fell on Monday on a second set of worse than expected trial results for the latest obesity drug from the manufacturer of blockbuster treatments Ozempic and Wegovy.

A new study claims there are two kinds of obesity – one of which puts you at risk of major health problems. Find out which camp you’re in ...

LONDON/COPENHAGEN, March 10 (Reuters) - Novo Nordisk on Monday revealed weaker-than-expected data from a second late-stage trial of its obesity drug candidate CagriSema, knocking shares and ...

Ms Mishlawi said the current medicines were “only the beginning” because there are so many new obesity drugs being developed. Some US health insurers and many European healthcare systems are ...

However, in more than 80% of cases, this approach only works in the short term. A 2023 article published in Science highlighted that, despite what popular culture and many doctors believe, there is ...

Genes are responsible for 40%-70% of human obesity – the rest is related to life experience. We extracted DNA from samples of saliva sent in by interested pet owners. More than ten years after ...

Obesity has long been classified as a global epidemic — and new data published in The Lancet journal spotlights how much worse it could get. A team of researchers found that in 2021, one billion ...

Dogs that are constantly hungry and prone to being overweight share a common bit of biology with some obesity-prone humans. This is what UK scientists have discovered - identifying a genetic ...

The scientists say their findings, published in the journal Science, reveal something "powerful" about the biology of obesity risk. "By studying dogs, we've honed in on some interesting new ...