Jersey could save nearly £29m by preventing diseases before they need treatment, a new government report has said. In his ...

A recent analysis by charity body Diabetes UK has revealed that a sobering one in five adults in the UK – totalling 12.2 million people – are living with diabetes or pre-diabetes. This includes 4.6 ...

Emily Field, head of European pharmaceuticals research at Barclays, weighs in on rising competition in the global obesity ...

Sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) refer to any liquids, powders, or other concentrated forms that contain natural or added ...

Weight-loss jabs, such as Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro, have quickly earned a glowing global reputation for shifting the ...

Finding a close-knit circle of friends can take time, but once you do, it’s one of life’s greatest treasures. These are the friends you can count on for honesty, even if it means hearing hard truths.

A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial ...

High ultraprocessed food (UPF) consumption during early childhood is associated with obesity development, primarily in males, ...

Body weight and body mass index alone are not enough to predict whether someone will develop a metabolic disease. A new atlas of cells in fat tissue could help to explain why some overweight people ...

As BMI is increasingly recognized as an imperfect way to measure health, UVA researchers share other metrics they rely upon.

The Danish maker of Ozempic and Wegovy reported a 25 percent increase in sales to $40.6 billion, but said it expected slower ...

As many as 40% of Americans are obese, putting them at an increased risk for high blood pressure, diabetes, stroke, heart disease and certain cancers, according to the CDC. New research from the ...