Obesity is well known to be linked to a broad range of adverse health effects, and key among them is impaired immunity, which ...

People with obesity are at 70 percent higher risk of serious infections, with one in ten infectious disease deaths globally ...

About one in 10 infection-related deaths worldwide may be attributable to adult obesity ...

By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterWEDNESDAY, Feb. 11, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Obesity contributes to about 1 in every 4 ...

A new study suggests that people with obesity have higher rates of mortality and hospitalization from a variety of infections from viruses, fungi, parasites and bacteria ...

More than one in 10 infection-related adult deaths worldwide may be attributed to obesity, a team led by University of ...

New research shows obesity increases the risk of severe infections, hospital stays, and death across the world.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been tracking obesity rates, as measured by BMI, since the 1980s, ...

Just over one in 10 deaths from a wide range of infectious diseases can be attributed to obesity worldwide, finds a major new ...

Researchers warn that given rising global obesity rates, the number of serious infections linked to obesity is likely to grow ...

the prevalence of pediatric obesity increased from 2008 to 2023, with the highest relative increase seen for extremely severe obesity, from 0.32 to 1.13%, respectively. HealthDay News — From 2008 to ...

Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. In a large California healthcare plan, among patients with COVID-19, men aged 60 years and younger ...