Obesity has long been classified as a global epidemic — and new data published in The Lancet journal spotlights how much ...

Rates of obesity and overweight are spiralling due to a "monumental societal failure" to tackle the problem, with more than half of adults and almost a third of children and young people set to be ...

Obesity in children under 14 set to rise by more than half by 2050, shocking research suggests - Experts said the global ...

Overweight and obesity rates in adults ... with the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of ...

By 2050, over half of the adults and one third of the youth may be obese. Experts have called for urgent action to prevent ...

A higher BMI is consistently associated with longer operative times and increased complications across a wide range of ...

“The unprecedented global epidemic of overweight and obesity is a profound tragedy ... stock.adobe.com A spokesperson for the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and ...

For Emmanuela Gakidou, lead author of the study and professor at the University of Washington, "this unprecedented pandemic of overweight and obesity represents a monumental failure of our societies." ...

Global obesity prevalence more than doubled from ... at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington, told Healio. “This crisis demands urgent, targeted ...

Researchers at the University of Cambridge studied labrador retrievers, known for being foodie dogs. Read more at ...

Overweight and obesity rates in adults ... with the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington in Seattle. Among high-income countries, America had the highest ...