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The long-acting injectable regimen suppressed HIV in more than 90% of study participants, including those with obesity.

With every centimeter increase in waist circumference, the risk of severe fibrosis rose by 5%.

The body’s ability to remove and store fat declines with age.

Male infertility is a very real condition, yet men are largely not part of the conversation around reproduction.

Weight loss, exercise and a healthy diet are keys to managing type 2 diabetes.

Excess weight, which is often linked to metabolic abnormalities, can contribute to a wide variety of health problems.

The disease has similar prevalence across high-income and low- and middle-income nations.

In the search for solutions to her uterine fibroids symptoms, New Jerseyan Lorraine Abudeye has learned to question what care providers say.

New guidelines recommend focusing on healthy foods but don’t restrict added sugars or alcohol as much as some experts had hoped.

Lowering body mass index from obese to overweight cuts individuals’ risk of death by more than half later in life.

A study in obese mice suggests weight loss could slow cancer growth.

Compared with Black Americans and Afro-Caribbeans, African immigrants have lower rates of high blood pressure, diabetes and obesity.

Gender and weight loss

Nonetheless, half of people with NAFLD were able to reach a 5% weight loss goal using a very low energy diet.

Two studies suggest that bariatric surgery may prevent obesity-related cancers, including breast cancer.