People with severe obesity have a drastically increased risk of suffering a severe illness or even death from infections, according to a new analysis of health data from more than 540,000 patients in ...

Researchers warn that given rising global obesity rates, the number of serious infections linked to obesity is likely to grow ...

New research shows obesity increases the risk of severe infections, hospital stays, and death across the world.

More than one in 10 infection-related adult deaths worldwide may be attributed to obesity, a team led by University of ...

Just over one in 10 deaths from a wide range of infectious diseases can be attributed to obesity worldwide, finds a major new ...

By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterWEDNESDAY, Feb. 11, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Obesity contributes to about 1 in every 4 ...

About one in 10 infection-related deaths worldwide may be attributable to adult obesity ...

Obesity is well known to be linked to a broad range of adverse health effects, and key among them is impaired immunity, which is speculated to play a key role in increasing the risk and severity of ...

Higher rates of death among younger Australians from cardiovascular disease has been linked to being overweight or obese, a ...

The Lancet study finds obesity increases risk of hospitalisation or death from infectious diseases like COVID-19 and ...

Obesity is driving one in six deaths from infection in the UK, new research suggests. Experts warned that people with obesity ...