A plan to restrict the opening hours of fast food outlets near schools has failed to curb childhood obesity, with rates ...

An obesity expert weighs in on intriguing new data and new drugs that hold promise in the battle against a stubborn problem.

WeightWatchers said on Tuesday it would offer compounded form of Novo Nordisk's popular obesity drug Wegovy as part of its ...

Consumption of UPFs increased body weight and energy intake in overweight and obese young men, found a small study ...

Researchers suggest age 11 "may be a sensitive period in which psychological wellbeing is associated with future body weight" ...

Achieving weight loss within a year of initiating orlistat can reduce the risk for both incident gout and recurrent gout ...

Obesity and type 2 diabetes are risk factors for various malignancies, including pancreatic cancer, which has a high death ...

Eli Lilly’s CEO David Ricks is confident his company and peer Novo Nordisk are years ahead in the weight loss space, as ...

A trade group representing compounding pharmacies sued the FDA for a “reckless and arbitrary” decision to remove Eli Lilly's ...

Expanding coverage of weight-loss drugs like blockbusters from Eli Lilly & Co. and Novo Nordisk A/S would make 12.5 million ...

Rivus Pharmaceuticals Inc., a drug developer focused on obesity treatments, is considering a US initial public offering as ...

A team of scientists led by Nanyang Technological University Singapore (NTU Singapore) and Hong Kong University (HKU) has ...