A fat activist explains why she objects to the medicalization of larger bodies and the idea that obesity is a disease.

Comprehensive study exposes critical health risks of obesity, including diabetes, heart disease, and cancer, while offering ...

If you have obesity, losing even a little weight helps not only improve your overall health, but also prevent liver issues such as MASH.

Gov. Jared Polis and the Colorado state legislature have the opportunity this year to pass a law to help our sickest and most ...

A new study uncovers a novel mechanism through which brown fat is transformed into heat, offering protection against ...

A commission proposed a new definition of obesity focused on how excess fat affects the body, rather than assessing body mass ...

Major heart health risk factors like obesity, diabetes and high blood pressure remain on the rise in the United States, ...

(AP Photo/JoNel Aleccia) A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial body mass index and hoping to better identify ...

A larger body doesn’t necessarily mean you have ‘clinical obesity’, according to a proposed new definition of the disease.

Every year, more than 100,000 people are treated for heat injury in the U.S., a number that's been rising as the world ...

A new report published Monday found that heart disease continues to be the leading cause of death in the United States.