The Dangerously Obese finale is just around the corner—and Dr. Charles Procter 's patient, Bryan Carr, struggled to fit on an airplane after buying two seats at the beginning of his weight loss ...

Obesity accelerates the rise of Alzheimer’s-related blood biomarkers far more rapidly than previously recognized. Long-term imaging and plasma data show that obese individuals experience much faster ...

TLC’s ‘Dangerously Obese’ documents the physical, emotional, and psychological impact on the individuals whose extreme weight has led to serious health challenges. It documents their daily life and ...

Being too heavy may cost you your life -- literally. Scientists say overweight people die one year earlier than expected and that moderately obese people die up to three years prematurely. Doctors ...

Presenting obese individuals in a positive, non-stereotypical manner in the media could help reduce weight-biased attitudes held by the public, finds a study from the Rudd Center for Food Policy & ...

Drinking coffee can lower blood sugar levels and prevent arteriosclerosis among people of normal body weight, but obese drinkers will likely not experience such health benefits, a study found. The ...

Millions of Britons who have been told they are perfectly healthy could in fact be obese, scientists have revealed. Under the current rules, a body-mass-index (BMI) score of 18.5 to 25 is healthy, 25 ...

Six morbidly obese people are rescued by the fire service every day, startling data reveals. Laying bare the dire reality of the UK's obesity crisis, shock figures show firefighters attended 2,194 ...