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 ...

To help stem the epidemic of obesity in the United States, a government advisory group yesterday urged for the first time that doctors weigh and measure all adults and recommend intensive ...

“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 ...

Obesity Threatens a Generation 'Catastrophe' of Earlier Deaths, Higher Health Costs. May 17, 2008. By Susan Levine ...

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 ...

PULLMAN, Wash. — Biologically active compounds like fiber and antioxidants in wheat could prevent chronic diseases related to obesity, a Washington State University researcher says.

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 ...