Obesity is associated with excessive accumulation of fat tissue, mainly under the skin (called subcutaneous fat) or around internal organs. This is known as visceral fat, though it can also be ...

Obesity is typically assessed by measuring someone's body mass index, but now researchers are calling for a more nuanced ...

Rubino went on, "It is impossible to say if obesity is a disease or not, as disease status cannot coincide with body size or mere excess body fat." The Commission on Clinical Obesity has proposed ...

New guidance from a team of health experts around the world proposes expanding the definition of obesity beyond the popular ...

Breastfeeding has a protective effect on childhood obesity, but the influences on ... of solid foods are associated with the subcutaneous fat mass in early childhood. Breastfeeding duration ...

The trial investigated the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and proof-of-concept after once-weekly subcutaneous administrations of amycretin in 125 people with overweight or obesity.

The study followed 197 participants aged 30 to 60 who were classified as either overweight or obese. During a ... strategy for reducing subcutaneous abdominal fat, i.e., the fat just under the ...