Anna McGrath has been chubby since she was a child. In her adolescence and early adulthood, she said, she became an emotional eater, scorning vegetables and preferring high-fat foods such as peanut ...

Bariatric surgery is a medical procedure that alters the digestive system to help individuals with obesity lose weight by limiting food intake, nutrient absorption, or both. Globally, obesity has ...

Federal parliament's push for taxpayer-funded stomach reduction surgery for morbidly obese people has been shot down by researchers and health groups. On Monday, a parliamentary inquiry into obesity ...

CHICAGO - The two-page report to Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois is a record of failure: 13 diets tried for more than two decades, to no effect. Jeff Flanzbaum, who started a five-year Weight ...

If you’re struggling with weight, you’re not alone. Around 42 percent of American adults have obesity. In addition to nutrition, exercise and medications, some might explore the idea of weight ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A nursing assistant died while undergoing stomach reduction surgery, and the hospital said Thursday it is suspending such operations while it investigates. Brett Davey, spokesman ...

In a new small trial of an experimental procedure, patients lost about 8% of their baseline weight and experienced a significant drop in their hunger. Reading time 3 minutes The future of weight loss ...

Obesity is a growing health problem around the world. It is not just about body size or appearance. It is closely linked to ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- A nursing assistant died while undergoing stomach reduction surgery, and the hospital said Thursday it is suspending such operations while it investigates. Brett Davey, ...

Until Pope Pius XII fell ill in 1954, few people had ever heard of hiatal hernia and fewer knew what it was, although surprisingly many must have suffered from it. Nowadays the diagnosis is being made ...