In an unusual yet determined move, Turkey has rolled out a large-scale national health campaign to combat its growing obesity crisis. As part of the initiative, medical teams are being deployed to ...

A new study suggests that your waist size in relation to your height may be a stronger warning sign for future heart failure ...

New research challenges everything we thought we knew about weight and longevity. Scientific evidence now shows that fitness levels trump BMI when predicting how long you'll live.

If you could just come with me, please.’ Well, the people of Turkey don’t have to imagine. As part of the government’s new ...

Not all children grow the same way. A new study from the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program suggests that body weight changes in early childhood may be associated with ...

A large European cohort study found that adherence to the Mediterranean diet mitigates the impact of genetic risk for obesity ...

Not all children grow the same way. A new study from the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program ...

Unique Danish longitudinal study with over 136,000 measurements reveals the connection between pubertal development and ...

In India, the incidence of overweight and obesity is increasing, with recent estimates showing that 24% of women and 23% of men are overweight or obese. With lifestyle-based diseases on the rise, it ...

After adjusting for the weight loss benefits of surgery, GLP-1 drugs were linked to a 41% lower risk of obesity-related ...

Heart failure is a progressive condition that occurs when the heart muscle is damaged and can no longer pump enough blood and oxygen to the body’s other organs. It’s extremely common in the US, with ...