Altimmune said on Thursday that it plans to test its lead experimental obesity drug, pemvidutide, to potentially treat ...

Kids are more likely to maintain a healthy weight if their parents adopt a responsive style while they're babies and toddlers ...

After a long, stressful day at work, or when pressed for time, the temptation to have a quick, satisfying snack—like crisps ...

Roche has acquired rights to an obesity therapy by Denmark's Zealand Pharma in a collaboration deal worth up to $5.3 billion, ...

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Research published in Nature determined why obese individuals who lose weight tend to regain the weight over time. Here's how ...

The administration is reviewing a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services rule that would expand coverage to Medicare and Medicaid recipients ...

Obesity has long been classified as a global epidemic — and new data published in The Lancet journal spotlights how much ...

Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche said Wednesday that it had struck a deal worth up to $5.3 billion to develop Zealand ...

A Polish health survey found that being married increased risk of overweight in women and men, with the latter group also experiencing three times the risk of obesity.

The Maryland-based biopharma joins Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk in trialing a GLP-1 agonist for alcohol- and liver-related ...

A gene linked to obesity in Labradors is the same one found in humans, scientists say. The discovery could help researchers ...