LONDON, Feb 29 (Reuters) - More than a billion people globally are now considered obese, a condition linked to an increased risk of numerous serious health problems, according to updated estimates ...

To mark World Obesity Day on Monday 4 March, the IAEA has launched a body composition (BC) database aimed at helping countries devise better health policies to combat growing obesity challenges ...

Women are 2-3 times more likely than men to have obesity in low- and middle-income countries, with the disparity as much as 10 times higher among women in the sub-Saharan region of Africa. Key factors ...

The Gallup National Health and Well-Being Index shows that GLP-1 weight loss drugs are having an effect: The U.S. obesity ...

Until recently, GLP -1s, a powerful new class of weight-loss drugs, were confined mostly to rich countries. Yet the World ...

More than 4 in 10 Americans now fit the medical definition for having obesity, putting them at risk for serious health problems, including diabetes, heart disease and some types of cancer. But when ...

Still, the report finds that overweight and obesity among children are no longer limited to high-income countries. Instead, the report found a steep increase in the number of overweight children in ...

Obesity is an epidemic in the America. Four in 10 U.S. adults fit the medical definition of having obesity, which puts them at risk for serious health problems, including diabetes, heart disease and ...

America’s obesity rate is on the decline, a new Gallup poll published Tuesday shows, falling nearly three percent as the use ...

Women in low- and middle-income countries, especially in the Sub-Saharan Africa region, may be 10 times more likely to have obesity or heart health issues than their male counterparts, according to a ...