New guidance from a team of health experts around the world proposes expanding the definition of obesity beyond the popular ...

New CDC data reveals a concerning rise in severe obesity among U.S. adults, with women and middle-aged individuals most ...

A group of experts from around the world are proposing an alternative way of defining clinical obesity, eschewing the ...

BMI falls short as a way to measure obesity. Doctors need to also determine whether body fat harms a person's health.

Experts suggest redefining obesity diagnosis with BMI, waist size, and health factors to improve treatment accuracy.

Pediatric patients considered obese at cancer diagnosis are linked to significantly worse survival outcomes, especially those ...

Donald Trump and his advisers are about to launch a consequential battle against unhealthy food producers and the ...

How GLP-1 therapies could help build a healthier, more productive workforce—and what that would mean for how we live together ...

People often let chronic conditions such as high blood pressure and diabetes go for a long time without treatment. Here’s why you should address them before symptoms begin.

For the first time in over a decade, obesity rates have dropped in the United States. A recent study by the CDC showed that from 2021 to 2023, those rates dropped from 41.9% to 40.3%.

Political and economic uncertainty hangs over the industry, while major bets on metabolic and immune disease drug research ...