Viking Therapeutics, Inc. (Viking) (NASDAQ: VKTX), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel therapies for metabolic and endocrine disorders, today announced the ...

Obesity severity is incrementally associated with a broad range of cardiometabolic and renal disease burden, as discovered by ...

Explore the critical link between obesity and cancer, highlighting risks, prevention, and innovative treatments for better ...

The META-AF trial found fewer recurrences of atrial arrhythmias, a benefit unexplained by weight loss or glycemic control.

Obesity severity is incrementally associated with a broad range of cardiometabolic and renal disease burden, as discovered by ...

Taxpayers subsidize ultra-processed calories through SNAP, the resulting disease through Medicare and Medicaid, and then drugs to treat the obesity those subsidies helped create. Food companies and ...

This would not be the first time that public-health experts have prematurely celebrated the peak of America’s obesity crisis.

The discovery that fat is a communicative organ with a role in everything from bone health to mood is forcing a rethink of ...

New criteria that put greater emphasis on body composition to diagnose obesity show greater prevalence of the disease in the ...

New obesity standards focus on belly fat and body composition, affecting men and Asian individuals most dramatically according to recent research.

A cross-ancestry analysis has identified 13 genes associated with a threefold increase in severe obesity risk.

Q: My doctor just told me that I'm now considered obese. A week ago, I wasn't -- and I haven't gained any weight. What's going on? -- Claire T., Louisville, Kentucky ...