Letters: Ultra-processed foods are displacing traditional diets, warns Prof Kent Buse. Plus letters from Hugo Harper, Dr Pawan Randev and Patricia Hampton ...

Understanding the multifaceted relationship between obesity and cognitive function is vital for advancing patient care. Research shows that excess body weight can affect mental sharpness and increase ...

People who spent more of early adulthood with obesity accompanied by health problems had more white matter changes in their ...

A new global definition of clinical obesity classifies far fewer children as obese than widely used body mass index (BMI) thresholds, according to a large international study. The findings could lead ...

I have enough data to write this article now. Weight trends across the world have never been this divided. In some nations, waistlines have barely budged in decades thanks to traditional diets and ...

For decades, one number has played an outsized role in determining whether your weight is considered healthy or not: your body mass index, or BMI. The calculation is simple, and the resulting number ...

Obesity rates in children have been on the rise for decades, having quadrupled from 1990 to 2022, and along with the rise in obesity, comes a rise in health risks. However, obesity can be broken down ...

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The Trump administration is making a significant effort to reduce the cost of weight loss drugs. Its agreement with pharmaceutical giants, announced Nov. 6, 2025, will reduce the monthly prices of ...