Fat tissue secretes hormones known as adipokines. Patients with obesity have a larger amount of leptin than a normal ...

The urgent directive follows alarming findings by Lancet, the British medical journal, that projected a surge in overweight ...

Women with higher levels of body fat sometimes struggle to conceive and can face greater health risks during pregnancy.

The projections come as National Cancer Institute data notes an increase in uterine cancer cases and deaths over the past 30 ...

Obesity significantly raises women’s risk of several cancers, including breast, endometrial and ovarian types. With obesity ...

Experts warn that a child’s trajectory is established early in life and the first 1,000 days – from pregnancy through to a ...

About 69,000 new cases and nearly 14,000 deaths are expected this year, according to the American Cancer Society.

The National Center for Health Statistics measured adults and children to see weight, height and other size trends ...

Childhood obesity has risen to “alarming” levels, academics have said as they called for action to prevent unhealthy lifestyles setting in among babies and toddlers. At such a critical moment in US ...

As Wegovy ushers in a new wave of weight-loss drugs to tackle India's growing obesity crisis, Dr. Rishma Pai sheds light on ...

Earlier, it was thought that obese people have stronger bones due to more body weight. But, doctors say that according to ...

Perimenopause, a transitional phase marked by hormonal shifts, coupled with obesity, presents significant health challenges ...