A study by researchers at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar) in Brazil, in partnership with University College ...

German scientists used advanced imaging to find that beer bellies are linked with more harmful changes in the heart.

A new study on the impact of excess weight around the midsection — aka abdominal obesity — raises questions about causes, harms, and fixes. A large new study found that about 1 in 5 adults worldwide ...

New research being presented at this year’s European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Malaga, Spain (11-14 May), reveals that 3- to 4- year olds in rural areas are more likely to be living with overweight ...

Previously, Mendelian randomization (MR) studies have explored the causal relationship between smoking and abdominal obesity using a single genetic variant for smoking heaviness. Similarly, a recent ...

Obesity has long been linked to an increased risk of chronic diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, and various cancers. Recent research, however, has revealed a lesser-known but serious connection ...

Men typically have more fat around the abdominal area than women, even if they have the same total body fat. Belly fat in older men does not have just one cause; it results from multiple factors ...

Several areas of the brain, including regions that play a critical role in learning and memory and in the control of emotions, are larger in adolescents who are living with obesity, new research being ...