Could the way doctors traditionally measure obesity allow a subset of people with obesity-related health risks to slip ...

Learn about a new study that found body mass index (BMI) may not accurately represent a person’s obesity, preventing them ...

A team of scientists has shown that intermittent fasting (reducing the number of hours of intake and extending the hours of fasting each day) is an effective method for losing weight and improves ...

A team of scientists led by the University of Granada (UGR), the Public University of Navarra (UPNA) and the CIBER has shown that intermittent fasting (reducing the number of hours of intake and ...

Research suggests that a waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) measurement is a better indicator of obesity than body mass index (BMI), ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Obesity rates continue to be a critical issue for kids and teens in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More than 19% of kids and teens across the ...

Research on the experimental drug petrelintide suggests it is much less likely to cause nausea and vomiting than GLP-1 drugs, ...

Over 26% of U.S. adults with a normal BMI met new criteria for clinical obesity proposed by the Lancet commission. About 78% of adults had excess adiposity if defined by using two or three abnormal ...

ASUNCIÓN, PARAGUAY — Sarcopenic obesity, which is characterized by excess adiposity and muscle loss, is an "underestimated and underdiagnosed" condition, said the panelists at a session of the XV ...

The Trump administration is making a significant effort to reduce the cost of weight loss drugs. Its agreement with pharmaceutical giants, announced Nov. 6, 2025, will reduce the monthly prices of ...

Project Self Love is about embracing ourselves while unlearning the shame and impossible standards society placed on us... and unapologetically calling out the taboos that made so many people feel ...