An all-of-the-above strategy is needed to head off Australia's worsening obesity problem, bipartisan research finds.

A new study indicated that excess fat stored around the waist or visceral fat was more strongly associated with heart failure ...

Some U.S. cities make it their mission to prioritize healthy habits and healthy spaces, while others put in less effort.

A new study by WalletHub has found that Little Rock, Arkansas is the most obese city in the US, with 42% of adults ...

A new study explores how the extreme biology of pythons may point to an unexpected path for obesity research. Pythons don’t nibble. They chomp, squeeze, and swallow their prey whole in a meal that can ...

America has an unfortunate weight problem. Not just stereotypically, but statistically, 42% of adults in the United States ...

While North Dakota’s childhood obesity rates are lower than the national average, obesity rates rise with age. Fourteen percent of high school students and 36.8% of adults in North Dakota are ...

Current childhood obesity prevention programs mostly focus on nutrition education and physical activity, which too often fail ...

The melanocortin 4 receptor agonist setmelanotide is now FDA approved for weight management in adults and children with ...