The most prevalent complications among newly identified people with obesity were hypertension, arthritis, diabetes, and ...

Demand for weight-loss drugs is rising at a fast clip in India, where rivals Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk are competing for ...

A landmark study predicts 60% of adults worldwide will be overweight or obese by 2050 without government action.

In countries like Kenya and South Africa, this contradiction is especially stark. We can develop mRNA vaccines in record time ...

Costa Rica is facing a growing obesity crisis, with two-thirds of adults overweight or obese. A longtime expat reflects on ...

Meanwhile, obesity rates have doubled in women and nearly tripled in men over the past three decades. The highest rates are in American Samoa, Tonga and Nauru, with some 70-80% of men and women ...

Have you ever wondered which country has the highest number of obese individuals? The BMI of its population determines a country’s obesity rate. Here are the countries leading in terms of obesity.

By 2050, it is forecast that 2.2 million Australians aged 5–24 years will be obese and 1.6 million overweight. Globally, more boys aged 5–14 years will be obese than overweight by 2050.

As obesity rates are set to soar globally, half of children and young people in Australia are forecast to be overweight or obese by 2050. That's according to a major international study, led by ...

60% of adults predicted to have overweight or obesity by 2050 Almost half of the global adult population (1 billion males and 1.11 billion females aged 25 or older) are estimated to be living with ...

Obesity rates are set to skyrocket, with one in six children and adolescents worldwide forecast to be obese by 2050, according to a new study. But with significant increases predicted within the ...

In Australia, children and adolescents have experienced some of the fastest transitions to obesity in the world. Girls are already more likely to be obese than overweight. Overall, by 2050 for ...