10 September 2025
Mice with obesity have fewer immune cells in their skin that protect against psoriasis-related inflammation, potentially explaining why obesity increases the risk of the condition
20 July 2023
Mice with obesity have fewer immune cells in their skin that protect against psoriasis-related inflammation, potentially explaining why obesity increases the risk of the condition
5 July 2023
A large US study has found that being overweight but not obese carried a slightly lower risk of dying within the study period than being a supposedly healthy weight
7 June 2023
The medicines, which contain the drug semaglutide, can help people who are obese or overweight to quickly lose weight
12 May 2023
We have long known that parasitic worm infections are associated with lower rates of several conditions. Now, research in mice reveals how the worms elicit these protections
28 March 2023
People who have obesity and lose weight through behavioural weight loss programmes have lower risks for heart disease and type 2 diabetes years later, despite regaining some weight
30 January 2023
Intermittent fasting led to a group of people with obesity losing 7.6 kilograms in 14 weeks when combined with them receiving advice on reducing their calorie intake, compared with 3.9 kilograms among those who only received the advice
27 January 2023
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends intensive interventions to manage weight loss, including drugs and surgery – but it’s unclear whether they will reduce childhood obesity
10 October 2022
Captive macaques with a higher social rank tend to get more overweight, even though they don’t appear to consume more calories
7 October 2022
Smoking and our body mass index - whether underweight, overweight or obese - may be involved in the onset of everything from heart failure and hernias to sleep apnoea and nail disorders