Surgeons from across West Africa gathered at Accra, Ghana for the region’s inaugural bariatric and metabolic surgery session, ...

A nationwide cohort study conducted in South Korea revealed that bariatric surgery can have a significant impact on the control of disease in obese patients with chronic urticaria, reducing ...

The 2013 declaration of obesity as a chronic disease and the 2021 approval of semaglutide are associated with increased use ...

Nonmedical factors drive up to 60 percent of health outcomes, and for people with type 2 diabetes (T2D), social determinants of health factors like poverty, food insecurity, and unstable housing can ...

The surgeon who removed a Manawatū woman's stomach following the operation in Turkey is raising concerns about the risks of ...

Outside the US, over 200,000 patients have received the Smart Capsule.

For many people, obesity begins quietly. The weighing scale shows a few extra kilograms. Clothes feel tighter. Climbing stairs becomes slightly harder.

The swallowable gastric balloon has gained FDA approval for short-term weight loss in adults with obesity. Learn more.

An investigation into cosmetic surgery chains by KFF Health News and NBC News has prompted consumer warnings from industry groups representing plastic surgeons.

Kelly Osbourne's appearance sparks speculation she underwent plastic surgery to cope with her father Ozzy's death, as fans debate her weight loss.

A mother-of-two who was comfort eating for “almost 24 hours” a day, reaching her heaviest weight of 95kg (14st 13lbs), has lost nearly half her body weight and started a modelling career in her 40s.

Weight loss is a topic that regularly trends for a variety of reasons ...