Pfizer on Thursday named James List as the head of the drugmaker's Internal Medicine portfolio, where he will oversee the development of heart disease and obesity medicines.

More than half of adults and a third of children and teens worldwide will be overweight or obese by 2050, a comprehensive global analysis has concluded.

We led a study to find out how genes have such a significant influence on why humans (and dogs) become overweight. It was their reputation for greediness that led us to focus on labrador retrievers. Genes are responsible for 40%-70% of human obesity – the rest is related to life experience.

The findings were in line with those of a large retrospective cohort study that showed that patients treated with GLP-1 receptor agonists for diabetes had a significantly lower ri

Ohio University research suggests a protein, APOA4, could help manage obesity, offering hope for new treatments.

A new global study published in The Lancet journal is sounding the alarm on worldwide obesity rates. The Lancet predicts that by 2050, over 50% of adults will be overweight, with 1 in 3 young adults also affected.

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A team of researchers have made a groundbreaking development related to a protein that is naturally produced in the body but could potentially be applied to combat weight gain.

For decades, we have witnessed steady growth in the prevalence of overweight and obesity throughout the world. In some countries1,2 the rise in prevalence had already emerged before World War 2, and it has since occurred in more and more countries.