The levels of caffeine in your blood could affect the amount of body fat you carry, a factor that in turn could determine your risk of developing type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases.

A new study finds that three quarters of American adults and half of adolescents are too heavy. That's making more of us sick and creating enormous health care costs.

Comprehensive study exposes critical health risks of obesity, including diabetes, heart disease, and cancer, while offering ...

Childhood BMI trends — specifically moderate BMI and high BMI variability — were associated with high cortisol concentrations at 17 years of age.

Weight-loss surgery can protect the liver health of patients with obesity and fatty liver disease, a new study repor ...

Childhood obesity continues to be a growing problem in out country. So, should the government regulate food advertising like it did with cigarettes?

Researchers identify a significant association between sugar-sweetened beverage tax and BMI changes among adults living in ...

A new study uncovers a novel mechanism through which brown fat is transformed into heat, offering protection against ...

Obesity was associated with improved overall survival (OS) after curative resection in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), particularly those who did not have low sk ...

The writer Kevin Schlittenhardt lost 40 pounds with a combination of intermittent fasting, weight training, and light cardio, gaining back his health and self-confidence along the way. Now he wonders ...

The number does not capture a person's muscle mass; where on their body fat is stored; or how their race, ethnicity and ...

For years, medical experts have defined obesity primarily based on body mass index, which measures stored fat by calculating ...