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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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

“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 is estimated to affect more than 1 billion people worldwide.In the U.S., about 40% of adults have obesity, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.