All news on the topic: Obesity

Around 55,000 women and 370 men are diagnosed with breast cancer every year in the UK but most don't know some of the key signs that could lead to an early diagnosis

Jason Holton, 33, is believed to weigh 47 stone thanks to a diet of fast food and energy drinks and is now totally immobile and required a crane when he left his mother's home

One in five Brits who have a cat or a dog feel their furry friends is carrying more weight than they should be - and they are consequently having to shell out more on vet bills

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK, with 1 in 7 women being diagnosed in their life, but there are many symptoms and risk factors that are not so widely known about

A 90-minute procedure that reduces the size the stomach without the need for surgery has been deemed 'safe and effective' for the NHS to use to treat obese people in England

A new study claims that women should avoid diet fizzy drinks containing aspartame - an artificial sweetener - when pregnant, breastfeeding, or trying to have children

A recently published cross-sectional study of over 400 participants with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease found that there was a strong link between obesity, genetics, and metabolic diseases - with a second study confirming that those who eat healthier and keep a veg-based diet are actually less likely to have to combat the syndrome later on

'People should not be abusing it who don’t need it' says the chairman of the National Obesity Forum

A weekly injection of Wegovy could slash risk of conditions such as type 2 diabetes and heart disease as the drug suppresses appetite by mimicking hormone released after eating

One in five children is now overweight or obese by the time they start primary school – and one in three reaches this point by the end of it - but how can we prevent this?

A study looked at 34,000 people in their 40s and 50s who attended a cardiovascular screening programme in Sweden in the 1990s, and identified a health risk

Ex-President Donald Trump is accused of lying about his weight after his supposed weight was released Tuesday, which indicated that he is 215 pounds (15.3 stone, 97.5kg).

Researchers are cautiously optimistic that drugs like semaglutide, originally developed to treat diabetes and obesity, could also slow cognitive decline from dementia based on emerging evidence

Dr Miriam Stoppard shares fascinating research from Edinburgh University on the benefits of dieting, and why some people find it easier

A young man was removed from a plane after he complained about the size of the passenger next to him, comments which led him to be widely lambasted we he recounted the incident online

This simple test that’s easy to do at home is a better measure of your health than BMI, even if that says you are within a healthy weight range

Pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk conducted a five-year study of semaglutide, which is sold as Wegovy. As part of its Select trial, the company recruited 17,604 adults over 45

We all love tucking into a portion of fish and chips or placing an order from our favourite curry house, but some do more than others as the areas where people really overindulge are announced

Rodney Lambert, 22, once weighed in at 30 stone, but is down to an impressive 14 stone, after quitting the fast food and fizzy drinks which made up his 10,000-calorie-a-day diet cold turkey

Drinking just one drink a day can raise the risk of a child developing obesity by 14%, researchers found - with almost 40% of children aged classed as overweight or obese

Jacklyn Richardson is desperate for treatment for the heavy lump which becomes sore when she walks and has stopped her from driving

An increasing number of overweight Brits mean a rising number of people are too unfit to cross the road before the green man fades – risking serious accidents at junctions across the country

Dr Miriam Stoppard writes about a new study carried out by researchers at Yale University, US, that investigated why it is difficult for some people to lose weight and keep it off

Men are just as likely to experience infertility as women and there are around eight different factors which can lead to them having low sperm counts, Dr Jane Frederick has told The Mirror

Dr Miriam Stoppard shares groundbreaking work from the universities of East Anglia and Cambridge that could help develop medication to burn off excess calories from fat and sugar, which could combat obesity and related diseases