Individuals transitioning from overweight to obese in adulthood may have a higher ovarian cancer risk, emphasizing the need for primary prevention strategies. The study identified three BMI trajectory ...

People who were overweight as children but achieve a normal weight by young adulthood appear to have a long-term risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) similar to what’s seen in people who were never ...

Overweight and obese women face a higher risk of breast cancer, especially after menopause. Doctors warn that excess weight ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Metformin lowered the risk for long COVID in adults with overweight or obesity across several analyses. More ...

A new study suggests that boys who become overweight in their early teens risk damaging the genes of their future children, increasing their chances of developing asthma, obesity and low lung function ...

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

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

Weight is an eternally-pressing topic, but conversations around GLP-1s and other weight loss drugs have brought it to the forefront even more. Body mass index (BMI) is the tool doctors use to ...