Obesity is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering research into obesity.

It was established in 1993 under the name Obesity Research, obtaining its current name in 2006.

[1][2] It is published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Obesity Society, of which it is the official journal.

The editor-in-chief is Eric Ravussin (Pennington Biomedical Research Center).

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 5.002.