Obesity

Nearly a third of adults in England in 2025 were affected by obesity, Cambridge researchers have found. Their study revealed that the most...

A year after stopping taking weight loss drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy, people regain on average 60% of their lost weight – but beyond this, their...

People prescribed the new generation of weight loss drugs may not receive sufficient nutritional guidance to support safe and sustainable weight loss...

Funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe programme will support promising mid-career scientists to pursue creative research ideas across a...

Researchers at the University of Cambridge have discovered genes linked to obesity in both Labradors and humans. They say the effects can be over...

Scientists have created the most detailed map to date of the human hypothalamus, a crucial brain region that regulates body weight, appetite, sleep...

Scientists have identified a gene which, when missing or impaired, can cause obesity, behavioural problems and, in mothers, postnatal depression. The...

Genes can indirectly influence the age at which girls have their first period by accelerating weight gain in childhood, a known risk factor for early...

Maternal obesity in pregnancy changes the eating behaviours of offspring by increasing long-term levels of particular molecules known as microRNAs in...

Cambridge researchers have identified genetic variants in two genes that have some of the largest impacts on obesity risk discovered to date.