Patients may not know that two key components of obesity care are exercise and sleep. They go together, said Sara Velayati, ...

Nonjudgmental and collaborative care plans are ideal for primary care clinicians treating patients with obesity.

As obesity medicine continues to evolve, integrating sleep health into obesity treatment plans is essential.Poor sleep ...

Obesity is increasingly referred to as a chronic disease. This is also how it is defined in the recommendations of scientific ...

A public health expert examines how 'The Pitt' portrays obesity with clinical dignity—and what real-world medicine often ...

Type 2 diabetes (T2D) and obesity are metabolic conditions with many causes, including overlapping and distinct genetic ...

The narrative review by Christensen and Nelson highlights a vital yet often overlooked truth in obesity care: timing matters. The chronicity of obesity parallels that of other progressive diseases, ...

According to the Gallup National Health and Well-Being Index, 37% of U.S. adults now report obesity, down from 39.9% three ...

A new Lancet report pinpoints that a boom in counterfeit obesity drugs is taking place. Here is what you need to know about ...

When pediatric health experts name the most worrisome medical conditions plaguing young people today, obesity often tops the list. According to global statistics from the World Health Organization, ...

When it comes to the obesity epidemic, it’s not just patients, but doctors who need an education. In a perspective published in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers argue that part of the ...

Although obesity is a prevalent and complex chronic disease, training for physicians remains generally inadequate. And while fellowship training in obesity medicine is now available at multiple ...