At 80, changes in body weight can mean more than simply gaining or losing fat. For older adults, a significant increase on the weighing scale may reflect changes in muscle mass, visceral fat, fluid ...

Being diagnosed with a serious mental illness like schizophrenia or bipolar disorder often brings an overlooked challenge: rapid and sustained weight gain. This side-effect can raise the risk of ...

Stopping popular weight-loss shots brings a risk of rapid weight gain, according to new research. A review of 37 clinical trials and observational studies involving more than 6,000 overweight or obese ...

Have you ever stepped on the scale in the morning only to find an alarming increase from the day before? Before panic sets in, it’s important to understand that rapid weight changes rarely represent ...

Excess weight may function not simply as a static risk factor but as a cumulative exposure that shapes metabolic health across the lifespan, according to new findings from a decades-long study.

Obesity is not a single disease. New research shows distinct biological phenotypes that explain why weight gain and treatment response vary so widely. Concept of human genomics research. If weight ...

Many infants in Sweden are given milk cereal drinks, ready-to-mix liquid drink complements to breast milk, after six months of age. New research in Acta Paediatrica found evidence that these products ...