Overweight

In an indication that no policy interventions have proven very effective at changing current obesity trends, researchers have estimated that globally some 268 million children aged five to 17 years may be overweight by 2025.

Nearly three-quarters of Mexican adults are overweight or obese and their numbers have slightly increased in the past four years despite government programs to fight the epidemic, a government survey showed Thursday.

Those who are overweight need not worry - it does not necessarily carry a higher death risk, say researchers from the University of California-Davis.Compared to those with normal weight, people who were overweight or obese ...

A recent study revealed another harm of being overweight, saying that excessive weight during the early 20s puts one at an increased risk of developing cancer of either the esophagus or upper stomach in adulthood ...

World Cancer Research Fund review of global research finds link between obesity and advanced prostate cancer is strongMen who are overweight or obese have a higher chance of developing an aggressive and potentially fatal prostate ...

According to a new study published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organisation (WHO), more than a third of the world's population is overweight which is about 37 percent of men and 38 percent ...

Relatively few normal-weight teens think they are too heavy, but many who are overweight do not acknowledge it.

A new study which analysed data relating to more than five million people, has found links between being overweight and cancer.

Being overweight during adolescence can put men at significantly higher risk of developing severe liver disease later in life.

American children are at greater risk of becoming overweight or obese during summer vacation than during the school year, a new study has found.