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The rate of deaths from ischemic heart disease related to obesity nearly tripled in the US over a two-decade span, according to research...

Pneumonia and respiratory causes were found to be the largest causes of long-term mortality after bariatric and metabolic surgery (BMS),...

There has been a three-fold increase in obesity-related deaths from cardiovascular disease in the US between 1999 and 2020, according to...

Excess weight increased the risk of death from 22% to 91% - significantly more than previously believed - while the mortality risk of...

A retrospective study with up to 40 years of follow up shows significant reductions in death rates from all causes and cause-specific...

People with diabetes were almost twice as likely to die with Covid 19 and almost three times as likely to be critically or severely ill...

The WHO has said that an "epidemic" of overweight and obesity rates are linked to over 1.2 million deaths annually across Europe, calling...

Researchers from The Netherlands have reported that bariatric surgery is associated with reduced all-cause and cardiovascular (CV)...

Bariatric surgery has an overall 0.08% mortality rate with no statistically significant difference between overall, 30-day, 90-day or...

In patients with COVID-19, a high body mass index (BMI) is associated with an increased risk of death and prolonged intensive care unit...