Obese people in middle age now have the same risk of heart-related conditions as those of a healthy weight because of advances in medication, research has found.

A Lancet study found older adults with obesity now often record blood pressure and cholesterol levels close to normal-weight ...

Obese people aged over 40 now have similar cholesterol and blood pressure levels, thanks to widespread drugs such as statins, ...

Differences in unhealthy cholesterol levels and blood pressure found to have ‘narrowed or disappeared’ in over-40s ...

This was not the case for young adults, however ...

A study reveals narrowing gaps in blood pressure and cholesterol between obesity and normal BMI, highlighting evolving ...

Over the last three decades, differences in unhealthy cholesterol levels and blood pressure between older adults with obesity and those with a normal body mass index (BMI) have narrowed or disappeared ...

The number of obese adults in England rose from 26% in 2019 to 30% in 2025, according to a new analysis of 55 million people.

Obesity has often been described as a "gateway disease" leading to other conditions — and one of those is COVID-19, according to a new study from Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical ...

Babies exposed to higher levels of neurotoxin more likely to have difficulty controlling impulses later, research shows ...

The decision of the American Medical Association (AMA) to classify obesity as a disease is great news for the pharmaceutical industry, as it is likely to increase pressure on the Food and Drug ...

The increasing prevalence of obesity across the past decades represents one of the most pressing issues in public health, ...