More obese Americans are choosing to have surgical procedures to help them lose weight. In fact, the number of obesity surgeries in the U.S. has quadrupled since 2000 to 171,000 cases in 2005 from ...

Fat people are less likely to die when they go under the knife than people of a "healthy" weight, according to new research. The finding that overweight older adults face a lower risk of dying after ...

A very high proportion of children who are having surgery are overweight or obese, and because of the excess weight have a greater chance of experiencing problems associated with the surgery, ...

Older adults who are overweight may face a lower risk of death in the first 30 days following major elective surgery compared with those who have a normal body mass index (BMI), new research suggests.

This small study found sustained weight loss of 10% of body weight in patients who were overweight but not obese, along with improvements in glycemic control and quality of life that exceeded patients ...

The guidelines, published Monday in the journal Pediatrics, are the first comprehensive update to the academy’s obesity treatment guidelines in 15 years. They provide guidance for treatment of ...

Actress Carnie Wilson comes to Tulsa Thursday to dedicate a center at SouthCrest Hospital that specializes in surgery for people who are overweight. Wilson made the surgery popular when she had it in ...

For nearly a decade, Cristina Iaboni tried to tame her diabetes the usual way, through daily shots of insulin and other medicine. Still, her blood sugar raged out of control. So Iaboni combed the ...

Lowest 30-day all-cause mortality rate seen for older adults categorized as overweight, while highest rate seen for those with underweight. (HealthDay News) — Older adults (aged 65 years and older) ...