Discover how smoking during pregnancy may increase childhood obesity risk, according to new research from Washington State ...

The study found body mass index (BMI) patterns that could predict obesity, with findings published in Jama Network Open.

Some new medications in development are also trying to solve for a persistent side effect of existing drugs: Patients who ...

“The whole goal of this is to get a more precise definition so that we are targeting the people who actually need the help ...

To help stem the epidemic of obesity in the United States, a government advisory group yesterday urged for the first time that doctors weigh and measure all adults and recommend intensive ...

Obesity affects over 1 billion people globally, ... an obesity expert at the University of Washington and one of the 58 authors of the report. ...

Washington University School of Medicine said Monday it's receiving $14 million to test a family based program that aims to curb childhood obesity. The Business Journals.

“The whole goal of this is to get a more precise definition so that we are targeting the people who actually need the help most,” said Dr. David Cummings, an obesity expert at the University ...

Last fall George Washington University released a report [PDF] that put a figure to the staggering individual costs of being obese in America. Dr. Avi Dor, report author and professor and director ...

Obesity Threatens a Generation 'Catastrophe' of Earlier Deaths, Higher Health Costs. May 17, 2008. By Susan Levine ...