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

Discover how smoking during pregnancy may increase childhood obesity risk, according to new research from Washington State ...

“The whole goal of this is to get a more precise definition so that we are targeting the people who actually need the help ...

“The whole goal of this is to get a more precise definition so that we are targeting the people who actually need the help most,” said Dr. David Cummings, an obesity expert at the University ...

But Dr. David Cummings, a commission member and an obesity expert at the University of Washington, suggested they could be restricted to patients diagnosed with clinical obesity. That group’s ...

When a team of scientists led by a Washington State University researcher examined the way that more than 9,400 children grew ...

"Obesity is at a crisis point throughout the USA, with every state challenged to some degree," said co-author Affiliate Associate Professor Marie Ng from IHME, University of Washington, USA.

Under recommendations released Tuesday night, obesity would no longer be defined solely by BMI, a calculation of height and weight, but combined with other measurements, such as waist ...

Obesity is estimated to affect more than 1 billion people worldwide.In the U.S., about 40% of adults have obesity, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.