When it comes to the obesity epidemic, it’s not just patients, but doctors who need an education. In a perspective published in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers argue that part of the ...

“Because obesity is newly categorized as a disease, there isn’t a lot of material in curriculums in many medical schools across the country, so we are implementing 12 free education modules about the ...

Female sex and higher education are significantly linked to the escalating prevalence of obesity and overweight in Africa, ...

Although obesity is a prevalent and complex chronic disease, training for physicians remains generally inadequate. And while fellowship training in obesity medicine is now available at multiple ...

"The establishment of the Obesity Association, and now its associated journal, marks a significant advancement toward a future where the management of cardiometabolic diseases is unified, proactive, ...

Individuals who lived with obesity as children are less likely to be in work or studying in their mid-20s than their peers, new research being presented at year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO ...

Obstacles to preventing and treating obesity, including limited access to healthy foods, limited time to prepare meals and ...

Obesity is one of the most serious and ubiquitous health problems worldwide. Obesity can be defined as a multifactorial ...

Background We investigated the prevalence, temporal trends and associated factors of overweight and obesity among adults in ...

As a 34-year-old based in Jakarta, Rosa “Ocha” Wardani is all too familiar with how the local society treats someone referred ...

Obesity is a growing national health crisis, with nearly 40% of U.S. adults affected and about 10% having a severe form of ...