Gastric bypass surgery is more likely to result in successful weight loss, both short and long term, than is gastric banding, according to one of the first head-to-head comparisons…

Obese men and women may enhance a weight-loss program of lifestyle changes by adding a drug to lower blood sugar levels, researchers report.

Pramlintide, currently approved by the FDA for diabetes…

Individuals who have a genetic mutation associated with high body mass index (BMI) may be able to offset their increased risk for obesity through physical activity, according to a report…

A program to reduce weight and improve health risk factors in obese employees produces a short-term return on investment (ROI) of $1.17 per dollar spent, reports a study in…

As the new school year begins, many parents with overweight and obese children are worried about how their kids will be treated by other students on the playground…

Obese people who have asthma are nearly five times more likely to be hospitalized for the condition than non-obese people with asthma, according to…

Normal weight obesity isn’t an oxymoron.

“The definition of obesity is having excess fat, not excess weight,” says Francisco Lopez-Jimenez, M.D., Mayo Clinic cardiologist, in the September issue of Mayo…

In people who are obese, weight-loss surgery will likely lead to an improvement in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) but it won’t eliminate the nighttime breathing disorder. Many patients will have residual…

Obesity is associated with an increased risk of colorectal adenomas - growths or polyps that can become cancerous - but weight loss might reduce the risk, a study hints.

Vigabatrin, a medication proposed as a potential treatment for drug addiction by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, also leads to rapid weight…

Research carried out at the Peninsula Medical School in the South West of England has discovered that obesity in later life does not make a substantial difference…

Massive public efforts to curb the U.S. obesity epidemic are falling tragically short, with populations in most states becoming more obese with each passing year, according to a new report…

Last month, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health came out with another report, in what has been a parade of dire warnings about obesity in the United…

Children and teens who get less sleep, especially those who spend less time in rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, may be more likely to be overweight,…

The age of your neighborhood may influence your risk of obesity, according to a new study from the University of Utah.

The study, to be published in the September issue…

One of the reasons people on low-carbohydrate diets may lose weight is that they reduce their intake of fructose, a type of sugar that can be made into…

Research by economists at the University of Warwick, Dartmouth College, and the University of Leuven, finds that people are powerfully but subconsciously influenced by the weight…

More than a quarter of all Americans are now obese, the latest U.S. government figures show.

The percentage of U.S. adults who are obese grew by nearly 2 percent between 2005…

Overweight women who join a fitness center to lose weight are apt to fail unless they have a workout partner, personal trainer or “life coach” and cut their…

As children’s waistlines continue to grow, so have concerns about childhood obesity.

According to a report released today by the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital…

Keeping a food diary can double a person’s weight loss according to a study from Kaiser Permanente’s Center for Health Research. The findings, from one…

Saturday can be the worst enemy for our waistlines, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

They found that study subjects on strict diet and exercise programs tend…

ealth experts generally recommend that children get at least one hour of moderate exercise each day, but that may not be enough to counter the problem of childhood obesity, a…

Morbidly obese patients who undergo a particular type of gastric bypass surgery called Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) are at an increased risk of developing kidney stones…

A new implantable medical device, developed in collaboration with Mayo Clinic researchers, shows promise as a reversible and less extreme alternative to existing bariatric surgeries, according to findings…