Obesity is owned by and is the official publication of The Obesity Society. The journal offers prompt publication of high-quality original research and presents new information in the areas of clinical nutrition medicine, pharmacology, nutrition medicine, genetics, adipogenesis, behavioral epidemiology, biophysics and lipid metabolism, exercise and human physiology, nutritional epidemiology, phenotyping, fat cell physiology, aging, neuroscience, transgenic models, metabolic syndrome, nutrition behavior, pediatric obesity, and adipocyte cell biology.
Obesity features a front section to help readers stay abreast of the latest information. This section includes: editorials, commentaries, reviews, information about articles of interest in the issue, and timely and relevant coverage of research that defines the field.