The simple landlines once used to call friends or family evolved into omnipresent glossy screens that flood our brain with ...

Working the night shift can wreak havoc on your health in just a few days, a study from Washington State University reveals.

a diabetes researcher at the University of Melbourne. The next generation of drugs will target specific conditions associated with diabetes and obesity, such as sleep apnoea, fatty liver disease, ...

As the prevalence of overweight and obesity increases, health and welfare costs will also increase substantially. 4 The financial consequences for the individual and the healthcare system will ...

Some new medications in development are also trying to solve for a persistent side effect of existing drugs: Patients who ...

Policymakers must prioritize access to innovative obesity care in tackling the obesity epidemic across the United States.

One way that obesity is thought to increase the risk of cancer is because adipose (fat) tissue releases inflammatory hormones that can then cause uncontrolled cell growth, Thosani says.

Metabolism and obesity are the focus of a major research initiative by the University of Gothenburg and AstraZeneca, with the support of Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation and Region Västra ...

In a nutshell Most commercial fitness trackers provide inaccurate calorie burn estimates for people with obesity, due to differences in body shape, movement, and gait that these devices weren’t ...

Washington University launched the Digital Intelligence and Innovation Accelerator to drive digital transformation and support researchers. The university libraries have played a central role in ...

Globally, obesity is on the rise, and it is projected that without immediate action, around a third (746 million) of the world’s children and adolescents will be overweight or obese by 2050.

Objective Overweight and obesity have been shown to be related to multiple chronic conditions, leading to a heavy economic burden on society throughout the world. This study aims to estimate the ...