In a society where physical appearance prevails over everything else and where thinness is the norm, obese people are ...

New rules will make it harder to get weight loss jabs online, but what will happen to obese people desperate for help? Two ...

Experts share their tips for increasing the impact of walking for weight loss including wearing a weighted vest and Bala ...

Researchers have created a detailed atlas of cellular changes in obese people. The atlas can be used to search for biological indicators that provide information on the risk of developing a metabolic ...

UC Davis Health molecular exercise physiologist Keith Baar specializes in sports medicine. He studies the effects of exercise ...

For weight loss, walking at a moderate pace for 30-45 minutes per day, or 150 minutes per week, is generally recommended and ...

As per the watchdog, not using words like "obese" and "alcoholic" reflects "good manners. The National Health Service (NHS) staffers in the UK have been told not to call fat people "obese" in ...

A commission of more than 50 international experts said solely using BMI can lead to both overestimates and underestimates of the number of obese people. For example, some people may be very ...

Staff told to avoid words such as ‘diabetic’, ‘alcoholic’ and ‘smoker’ in advice Lord Young calls ‘a fat lot of help’ NHS staff have been told not to call fat people “obese” in ...

However, the data showed that while obesity is a risk factor, so is a lack of fitness — even if you’re not clinically obese. The studies suggest that people of healthy, average weight with the lowest ...