GLP-1-based therapies helped adults with overweight or obesity lose weight mainly by reducing fat mass and visceral adipose ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New research finds that obesity can trigger genetic modifications within fat cells that allow the cells to store "memories" of ...

People who live with obesity are "tagging" a memory of being overweight on a key part of the immune system—leaving people ...

Elizabeth Cooney is a cardiovascular disease reporter at STAT, covering heart, stroke, and metabolic conditions. You can reach Liz on Signal at LizC.22. The body mass index is not going away, a new ...

New guidance from a team of health experts around the world proposes expanding the definition of obesity beyond the popular body mass index (BMI) measure. The new guidance comes from the Commission on ...

Most fat stores energy; the body's brown fat does the opposite. Unlike the white fat that accumulates just under our skin, ...

Share on Pinterest Activating brown fat may help protect against obesity, a new study in mice suggests. Image credit: Vladimir Vladimirov/Getty Images. More than 1 billion people globally are obese.

In a new study, researchers found that older adults with obesity had significantly decreased measures of lung function compared to those without obesity, and the results were consistent among men and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New guidance from a team of health experts around the world proposes expanding the definition of obesity beyond the popular body ...