The American College of Physicians now has published guidelines on the management of obesity. They recommend the following: Assess comorbid conditions (e.g., hypertension, diabetes). Determine ...

Our data suggest that childhood obesity is not only associated with risk of disease in adulthood, but that obese children may experience more illness and health related problems already in childhood.

Given the number of comorbidities associated with obesity, the market's growth will impact the entire cardiometabolic disease ...

Example: Obesity and many conditions A condition that can directly lead to numerous and varied comorbidities is obesity. It's tied to approximately 236 medical problems. Common ones include ...

Adults with obesity who underwent Roux-en-Y gastric bypass achieved a greater excess BMI loss at 10 years compared with those ...

Researchers have found in a new study that Childhood obesity is associated with a higher incidence of dermatologic conditions ...

As obesity rates rise across the U.S., a new study from UnitedHealthcare and the Health Action Council examines the financial ...

Greaux Healthy—a public service initiative powered by Pennington Biomedical Research Center, in partnership with the State of Louisiana—has released the Childhood Obesity Prevention, Evaluation and ...

Discover a review in which diabetes was investigated in 5 studies, with only one demonstrating a correlation between the ...