Employers can use Lilly's platform to connect with different third-party program administrators that help manage obesity ...

New data showed childhood obesity has hit a record high in recent years, while federal changes such as cuts to food ...

Regeneron’s Chinese partner reported Zepbound-like efficacy in a phase 3 trial, de-risking one part of the Big Biotech’s differentiated play for the obesity market.

Obesity is now linked to at least 13 types of cancer, making it one of the most preventable cancer risk factors in the United States.

The Chinese biotech put the idea to the test in a phase 2 trial of a subcutaneous depot formulation of its GLP-1 receptor agonist ASC30. U.S. investigators randomized 65 people with obesity or who ...

In recent years, rates of childhood obesity have been rising, with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control estimating in 2024 ...

A public health expert examines how 'The Pitt' portrays obesity with clinical dignity—and what real-world medicine often misses about weight bias and patient safety.

The 2013 declaration of obesity as a chronic disease and the 2021 approval of semaglutide are associated with increased use ...

In Brazil, an estimated 6.6 million children aged 5-9 years and 9.9 million adolescents aged 10-19 years are overweight or have obesity; clinicians should prioritize prevention and early intervention.

The prevalence of obesity and severe obesity markedly increased among adults and children in the US from the 1970s and 1980s until now, according to two reports ...

Weight-loss jabs alone are not enough to solve the UK’s worsening obesity crisis, the government’s chief medical adviser has ...

A coalition of Hispanic health and public policy organizations is pushing for New Mexico’s Medicaid program to broaden its coverage of weight loss drugs as treatment for obesity. The policy change, ...