Adult obesity is a risk factor for infection-related hospitalizations and mortality, causing about 10% of infection-related deaths in 2023.

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 ...

A study reveals obesity increases the risk of hospitalization or death from infectious diseases by 70%, urging urgent health policy changes.

Obesity contributes to more than 10% of infection-related deaths and up to 11% could be prevented by addressing obesity, ...

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

More than one in 10 infection-related adult deaths worldwide may be attributed to obesity, a team led by University of Helsinki researchers in Finland write in The Lancet. The analysis of 67,766 ...

Just over one in 10 deaths from a wide range of infectious diseases are associated with obesity worldwide, finds a major new study led by a UCL researcher.

Globally, obesity was linked to 10.8 percent of infectious disease deaths in 2023. Among high-income nations, the burden was highest in the United States, where obesity was associated with over a ...

Obesity is associated with multiple non-communicable diseases (such as type 2 diabetes, various cardiovascular and musculoskeletal diseases, and some cancers) and detrimental psychosocial consequences ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. People living with obesity are at higher risk of hospitalisation and death from many common infections, ...

Being unhealthy weight raises risk of severe illness or death from most infectious diseases significantly, researchers find ...

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