“Early intervention would be lifestyle change, and that can be extremely helpful, especially in younger adolescents who are ...

Some weight-loss and diabetes drugs can treat obesity when combined with exercise, a healthy diet, and counseling, according to WHO's first guidance on these medicines. The recommendations come amid ...

Obesity now affects nearly half of adults worldwide. Global estimates show about 43 percent of adults are overweight, and 16 ...

The larger risk reductions were not explained by changes in LDL cholesterol, suggesting something else is at play.

Obesity is one of the greatest burdens of global public health. One major factor that drives obesity is excessive fat accumulation. Despite decades of research, the biological processes that trigger ...

The survey showed that while most of the doctors didn’t have top-of-mind awareness of oral semaglutide’s upcoming FDA ...

The clinical trial showed this experimental medication to be much more effective than any existing GLP-1 drug. But that much ...

Obesity is independently associated with an increased prevalence of tinnitus, according to a study published online Nov. 2 in ...

Scientists found that certain molecules made by gut bacteria travel to the liver and help control how the body uses energy.

Lilly’s closely watched retatrutide spurred as much as 29% weight loss in a Phase 3 study, a finding that is “raising the bar ...

Eli Lilly's next-gen obesity drug delivered major weight loss in a trial, but some patients stopped using it after losing too ...

Doctors say the class of medications that includes Ozempic and Zepbound still offers health benefits for people with diabetes ...