Obesity

A study of infant growth, tracking 2,400 babies from gestation to the age of two, has provided data of unique depth – and is already adding to our...

An international study of 220,000 people has challenged the idea that obese people who have an “apple shape” (fat deposits on the middle section of...

Rats fed a high-fat diet show a stark reduction in their physical endurance and a decline in their cognitive ability after just nine days, a new...

A new European research consortium, in which Cambridge will play a major role, is to receive 3 million Euros to conduct research into the escalating...

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has signed its first agreement with the University to optimise the early clinical development of new GSK medicines for obesity...

For some people, the urge to eat is uncontrollable. Cambridge scientists have taken us a step closer to understanding the causes of obesity by...