excess weight

Researchers are experimenting with the concept of a "walking school bus" to boost kids' activity rates and help them drop excess weight.

The experimental weight loss drug Qnexa produces a loss of up to nearly 10% of excess weight, according to a study just published in the Lancet.

The risk may largely exist among people who also have the well-known risk factors for type 2 diabetes -- including excess weight, high blood sugar, elevated triglycerides and high blood pressure.

A study found obese diabetics who had gastric bypass surgery lost 64% of their excess weight after a year, compared with 36% in those treated with Allergan's Lap-Band device.

LAS VEGAS (MedPage Today) -- Three-fourths of obese children and adolescents lost more than 60% of excess weight after laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding, which had fewer complications than seen in adults, data from a large cohort study showed.

People are blinkered to the health dangers of carrying excess weight around the waist, say experts.

These days it seems our entire way of life is predicated on the belief that being overweight is terrible for you.

We're waging war against the obesity epidemic, which public health experts call one of the great threats to our society.

Countless diet books and programs promise to help us get thin ...

These days it seems our entire way of life is predicated on the belief that being overweight is terrible for you.

We're waging war against the obesity epidemic, which public health experts call one of the great threats to our society.

Countless diet books and programs promise to help us get thin ...

CHICAGO (AP) -- Supersized pro football players are prone to high blood pressure but fare better on some other health measures than more average-sized men, new NFL-sponsored research shows.

The mixed results suggest that intense physical conditioning can help reduce but not wipe out ill effects excess weight has on heart disease-related risks....