Don’t get cheap weight loss surgery abroad, doctors have warned ...

Health leaders and politicians have accused the government of taking a weak stance on tackling the obesity crisis in England and “kicking the can further down the road” by deferring evidence based ...

This includes around 28 percent who are obese (with a BMI of 30 or more), double the percentage figure in 1990, when obesity affected just 14 percent of British adults. More than 10 percent of ...

The figures, from NHS England, cover all patients with a diagnosis of obesity, meaning their excess weight was deemed to have fuelled their health issue. And they include 11,221 cases where ...

Over the past decades, obesity has reached epidemic proportions, now affecting more than 1 billion people worldwide.

Seven British patients who travelled to Turkey for weight loss surgery died after operations there, a BBC investigation into the trend has found. Others have returned home with serious health ...

The government is planning new rules to tackle childhood obesity by targeting supermarkets, junk food adverts and restaurant menus. The tighter restrictions have been broadly welcomed - although ...

Obesity is the main preventable risk factor that has been identified. Given that obesity is modifiable by conservative treatment such as weight loss, its potential importance in reducing the incidence ...