Lower body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference and higher high-density lipoprotein are seen in the decade preceding ...

The health care community has redefined the requirements for clinical obesity, noting BMI shouldn’t be the sole barometer of ...

The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) have published the new guidance for prescribing weight loss injections such as Wegovy or Mounjaro online, which includes stricter checks to verify the patient ...

As BMI is increasingly recognized as an imperfect way to measure health, UVA researchers share other metrics they rely upon.

Who is eligible for weight-loss jabs? UK pharmacies tighten rules amid misuse concerns - The clampdown comes after several ...

Body-weight cycling (also known as yo-yo dieting) has been shown to significantly increase the risk of kidney disease in people with type 1 diabetes, regardless of body mass index (BMI) and other ...

Obesity, a new report recommends, should be diagnosed by an individual’s body fat percentage, not weight, which was the norm ...

Body-weight cycling (also known as yo-yo dieting) has been shown to significantly increase the risk of kidney disease in ...

New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and also take into account health ...

The key advantage of switching rather than cutting salt intake is that potassium-enriched salt can be used as a direct ...