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 ...

The distribution of body fat, and particularly fat accumulated around the abdomen, is a determining factor in the risk of developing metabolic and cardiovascular diseases. However, not all abdominal ...

Obesity rates are forecast to skyrocket within the next quarter of a century, with a third of the world’s children and adolescents expected to be overweight or obese by 2050. Significant increases are ...

Medically reviewed by Isabel Casimiro, MD, PhD Overweight and obesity mean weighing more than what's considered healthy for you. Nearly one in three adults is overweight, and more than two in five ...

New federal guidelines recommend Americans include full-fat dairy in their diets. While recent studies suggest full-fat milk ...