The higher a person’s body mass index (BMI), the higher their risk for complications after bariatric surgery, such as higher rates of emergency department visits and readmissions, according to a study ...

Discover how smoking during pregnancy may increase childhood obesity risk, according to new research from Washington State ...

The study found body mass index (BMI) patterns that could predict obesity, with findings published in Jama Network Open.

When a team of scientists led by a Washington State University researcher examined the way that more than 9,400 children grew ...

New research shows that weight stigma—and not weight itself—has the biggest impact on mental health and healthy behaviors in the years after weight-loss surgery. Researchers found that patients who ...

More information: Weight Stigma and Bariatric Surgery: Prospective Improvements, Psychological Health, and Weight, Health Psychology (2025). DOI: 10.1037/hea0001517 ...

May 7 (UPI) --The Trump administration launched a review into recently alleged anti-Semitic activity at the University of Washington and its affiliated campuses. The U.S. Departments of Education ...

The Trump administration has announced it is investigating the anti-Israel protest at the University of Washington Monday where students occupied an engineering building and set two dumpsters on ...

The U.S. government said on Tuesday it will review an incident at the University of Washington in which pro-Palestinian protesters occupied a university building while demanding the school cut ...

Al Dalou was a 19-year-old Palestinian who died in the Al Aqsa Hospital bombing in Gaza. UW Police entered the IEB at 11 p.m., six hours after the building had closed, to clear out the protesters.