The Latest Breaking News from Obesity

Idan Ohayon - who has more than 100,000 followers on social media platform TikTok - passed away recently from an undisclosed condition, with fans having paid tribute following the tragic news

Peripheral artery disease affects 8-10 million people in the U.S., most over age 65. But it also affects younger people who have additional risk factors, such as diabetes, smoking, obesity and high blood pressure. Also, 30% of Black Americans will develop peripheral artery disease, compared to 20% each from non-Hispanic…

Scientific studies and media coverage are rife with warnings on how sugar, carbohydrates, saturated fat and lack of exercise contribute to obesity. And tens of millions of Americans are still overweight or obese in large part because of the classic Western diet and lifestyle.

Letters: One reader says her weight gain is down to a number of medical conditions, not greed. Plus Dr Will Oakley on the need for health professionals to communicate hard truths in a compassionate way

Hospital admissions for the painful inflammatory arthritis have risen by 20% in three years

To Enas Taleb, the headline felt like a spiteful punch line. "Why women are fatter than men in the Arab world," it read in bold, above a photograph of the Iraqi actress waving onstage at an arts festival. The Economist article ran through possible explanations of the obesity gap of…

An article in The Economist about the prevalence of obesity among Arab women has triggered torrid criticism on social media, as well as a defamation lawsuit from an Iraqi actress whose photo was used to illustrate how Arab women are more prone to putting on weight

More than one in four adults badly overweight

SVIMS Director B. Vengamma inaugurates ‘Tirupati Athletic Championship’ at Sri Venkateswara Vidyalaya