A study by the Department of Veterans Affairs says that drugs like Ozempic can do plenty more than just help with weight loss ...

Data from a Phase Ia single ascending dose study found that ASC30 demonstrated dose-proportional pharmacokinetics, a ...

The condition is better measured by looking at factors like inflammation, insulin resistance, and glucose tolerance, ...

According to a September 2024 data brief from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 40.3 percent of U.S.

The Lancet, a global medical journal that works with academics to identify issues in public health, hosted a Commission on ...

Childhood obesity is on the rise and is becoming an epidemic in our country and worldwide. The consequences of childhood ...

The whole goal of this is to get a more precise definition so that we are targeting the people who actually need the help ...

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

Experts row back on ‘flawed’ BMI as new definition of obese proposed - Roughly 20% of people who used to be classified as ...

Body Mass Index, or BMI, has long been criticized as an unreliable method for measuring obesity — and now a group of experts ...

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