Kids are more likely to maintain a healthy weight if their parents adopt a responsive style while they're babies and toddlers ...

Obesity is a major global health issue, increasing the risk of heart disease, diabetes, and high blood pressure. Despite many ...

Obesity has long been classified as a global epidemic — and new data published in The Lancet journal spotlights how much ...

Roche has acquired rights to an obesity therapy by Denmark's Zealand Pharma in a collaboration deal worth up to $5.3 billion, ...

Anti-obesity drugs are only part of the larger treatment plan for most patients. Exercise and nutrition are also keys.

Almost half of women in Africa will be obese or overweight by 2030, according to a new study, an "alarming rise" that has ...

A gene linked to obesity in Labradors is the same one found in humans, scientists say. The discovery could help researchers ...

Germany's financial markets watchdog is looking at whether Bayer fairly disclosed plans for shareholder approval of a capital ...

Muthusamy, a 50-year-old agricultural labourer, had been toiling in the fields for the past eight years when persistent ...

China’s obesity crisis is a sizeable profit opportunity. More than half of Chinese adults are overweight or obese — a figure expected to hit two-thirds by 2030. That is nearly 900mn people, a market ...

New trial data showed the drug helped obese or overweight type 2 diabetics lose an average 15.7% of their weight, when an ...

A study from the University of Cambridge has uncovered a genetic link between Labrador retrievers and humans that sheds new ...