Just over one in 10 deaths from a wide range of infectious diseases can be attributed to obesity worldwide, finds a major new study led by a University College London (UCL) researcher. People with ...

Researchers led by Mika Kivimaki and Staffan Nyberg at University College London have linked obesity to roughly one in 10 infectious disease deaths worldwide, drawing on data from approximately ...

People suffering from obesity are 70 percent more likely to be hospitalised or die from an infectious disease, including flu, COVID-19 and pneumonia, according to a Lancet journal study. Researchers ...

Just over one in 10 deaths from a wide range of infectious diseases can be attributed to obesity worldwide, finds a major new study led by a University College London (UCL) researcher. People with ...

Obesity is driving one in six deaths from a wide range of infectious diseases, new research suggests. Globally, obesity may have been a driving factor in 0.6 million out of 5.4 million deaths from ...

A study following more than 5,000 participants for 12 years found that straightforward clinical measurements can help identify sarcopenic obesity without relying on complex imaging methods such as MRI ...

A study of more than 5,000 people over 12 years showed that simple measures to assess the two conditions can facilitate the diagnosis of sarcopenic obesity without complex tests, such as MRI and CT ...

Age-adjusted rates of cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality tripled from 3.4 to 10.34 per 100,000 people between 1999 and 2023 among US adults with obesity, with higher rates observed in men, older ...

Obese people face considerably higher risks of death from cancer than those with healthy body weights, according to a study that estimates 90,000 cancer deaths could be prevented annually if ...

Higher genetic risk for obesity appears to raise the risk of death from any cause after breast cancer diagnosis, new research finds, but a few extra daily steps could lower those odds. Breast cancer ...