Obesity has long been classified as a global epidemic — and new data published in The Lancet journal spotlights how much worse it could get. A team of researchers found that in 2021, one billion men ...

Rates of obesity and overweight are spiralling due to a "monumental societal failure" to tackle the problem, with more than ...

As the world marks World Obesity Day, the global health crisis continues to deepen, particularly in developing nations where ...

A study published in The Lancet predicts that by 2050, more than half of the world’s adults and a third of children and young people will be overweig ...

India will have 450 million adults who are overweight or obese, accounting for 11.8% of the global population that is ...

The report ‘The Lancet’s Global Burden of Disease Study BMI Collaborators’ analyses that overall, 18 crore Indians were ...

If observed trends over the past 30 years continue, the total number of adults ages 25 and older living with overweight (body ...

Whitworth University and Washington State University (WSU) are expanding an already 55-year partnership to provide a bigger range of health science degrees. Whitworth's connection to WSU's College of ...

More than half of adults globally and a third of children and adolescents will be overweight or experiencing obesity by 2050.

A new study in The Lancet warns that over half of the global population could be overweight or obese in the next 25 years, ...

Study includes country-level data for 204 countries and territories worldwide. A link to summary tables for rates in selected ...