A research team has determined that severe obesity causes the lungs to age faster. The team was led by Prof. Dr. Veronika ...

Many people have a genetic predisposition to obesity, but gene defects that guarantee obesity are rare. Here's what you need ...

For the study, which was published in the journal Alzheimer’s & Dementia, researchers isolated something called extracellular ...

World Obesity Day is marked every year on March 4 to challenge misconceptions about obesity and highlight the importance of systemic solutions rather than solely individual efforts. This initiative ...

New research reveals that GLP-1 drugs may significantly lower mortality rates in Americans by 2045, as obesity contributes to ...

A study from Rutgers Health and other institutions indicates that stress hormones – not impaired cellular insulin signaling – may be the primary driver of obesity-related diabetes. The paper in Cell ...

What are the causes of obesity in our state, and what are the potential solutions? Louisiana Public Broadcasting (LPB) explores these subjects in the new "Louisiana Spotlight: State of Weight," which ...

Switching off a single enzyme in immune cells protected mice from obesity, type 2 diabetes, and fatty liver disease in a new study, offering a potential new treatment target for metabolic disorders.

Roughly 40% of all US cases of incident diabetes during 2013-2016 were directly attributable to obesity, a finding that further solidifies the major etiologic role for obesity in the current American ...

The U.S. government is approaching the study of obesity all wrong.

A new class of weight-loss drug has shown it can significantly boost weight loss when paired with GLP-1 therapy – without ...

In obesity, lung fibroblasts, that is, connective tissue cells, specifically accumulate fat, become more mobile, and show early signs of premature ageing. At the same time, the matrisome, the ...