Andrew Butler, Ph.D., is professor of pharmacology and physiology at Saint Louis University. Credit: Saint Louis University In research featured in the August edition of Obesity, Saint Louis ...

Obesity does not only put individuals at risk for heart disease and diabetes—it's also a leading cause of kidney stone disease. Kidney stone disease is increasingly recognized as a chronic condition ...

Kyle Wood, M.D., associate professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Urology, details the link between obesity and kidney stones and what this could mean for the future of ...

A major survey by the ICMR reveals most Indians consume high-carbohydrate, low-protein diets, increasing their risk for ...

A combination of factors has contributed to the American epidemic of obesity — among them increased consumption of nutritionally poor foods, decreased physical activity and environmental influences ...