By 2030, the population in the United States aged 65 and older is expected to reach 71 million or about 20% of Americans.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Many clinicians overlook neurohormonal and metabolic adaptations that make weight loss difficult. Obesity ...

Experts at a roundtable in Boston, Massachusetts, on November 19, 2025, discussed multidisciplinary strategies for obesity care, including systemic and operational barriers and scalable solutions to ...

Experts have come to recognize that viewing obesity as a failure of willpower is not only unhelpful but also medically inaccurate. Today, major health authorities agree that obesity is a complex ...

Obesity involves having too much body fat. According to the Mayo Clinic, obesity becomes a medical problem that increases the risk of many other diseases and health problems.These problems include ...

The Lancet Commission has declared obesity a disease. With enough controversy to fill a buffet table, their new definition is sparking heated debates in science, media, and beyond. But does this ...

OBSCORE is a data-driven tool that identifies high-risk individuals for obesity-related diseases, enhancing treatment ...

Obesity is one of the most complex social and health challenges of our time. But what exactly is obesity, a disease, the result of toxic food systems, or a matter of numbers? Or is it a socially ...

Type 2 diabetes is a disease that involves your blood glucose (also known as blood sugar) being too high, and obesity is a major risk factor that can make you more likely to develop it. “Insulin ...

A group of 58 researchers is calling for a new, better way to measure obesity. The global team’s recommendations were published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology on Jan. 14. Body mass index (BMI) ...