The rising cases of obesity in Nigeria can be linked to several factors. Urbanisation has transformed the way people live and ...

Specifically, a child is three to four times more likely to become an obese adult if their mom was obese, researchers ...

Toxic stress, arising from prolonged exposure to adverse experiences during childhood, represents one of the most critical ...

Dato’ Dr Azmi Baharudin, Director of Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz UKM (HCTM), shared that HCTM is the first government ...

Bhopal: Sharing the concern of the House over the increasing consumption of junk food, particularly among children, and the ...

New research to be presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2025, Malaga, Spain, 11-14 May) shows that having an overweight or obesity trajectory during childhood is associated with ...

New research to be presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2025, Malaga, Spain, 11–14 May) shows that ...

Untreated irritable bowel syndrome with constipation (IBS-C) or chronic idiopathic constipation (CIC) can lead to many complications like malnutrition, rectal prolapse, and more. Both IBS-C and ...

Efecan Kultur, a popular TikTok mukbang star, has died at 24 due to obesity-related issues. His death raises awareness about the health risks of extreme eating habits. Experts call for increased ...

Obesity is broadly defined as having a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or higher. However, there are different types of obesity classified by their severity. Although the term "morbid obesity" was used in ...