Forty-four percent of personnel in the Canadian Armed Forces are considered overweight while 28 per cent are classified as ...

In Tuesday's issue of The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, dozens of international medical experts and people with lived experience are proposing a major change to how obesity is diagnosed because ...

“Ultra-processed foods are common in today’s retail market, but they are not all easy to spot,” says Zheng Hao Chen, a PhD ...

Researchers at the University of Toronto are sounding the alarm about the high consumption of ultra-processed foods among preschool-aged children in Canada and its association with obesity development ...

Canadian youngsters are munching loads of ultra-processed foods, increasing their lifelong risk of obesity, a new study says.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration ordered a hold on a study of an early-stage obesity drug being developed by Amgen, another potential setback in the company’s efforts to join the booming weight ...

More information: Impact of Obesity on Outcome in Children Diagnosed with Cancer in Canada: A Report from CYP-C, Cancer (2025). DOI: 10.1002/cncr.35673 ...

An Ottawa healthtech startup that focuses on combining behavioural and dietetic support is providing new help for employees ...

Young boys who ate a greater proportion of ultraprocessed foods were more likely to develop overweight or obesity by age 5 years, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.“Ultraprocessed ...

Wharton hopes that reframing obesity as a disease will help move away from people with larger body sizes being judged for their weight. Diabetes Canada, American Heart Association and Take Off ...