Obesity and overweight refer to excessive fat accumulation. Addressing obesity and overweight conditions is crucial for ...

In a nutshell Combining time-restricted eating with exercise led to approximately 1.3 kg (2.9 pounds) more fat loss compared ...

A large majority of older Americans feel that health insurance—including Medicare—should cover anti-obesity medications, ...

Currently, there are six FDA approved weight loss medications. They include three GLP-1 receptor agonists -- liraglutide ...

While research suggests having a higher weight may increase your risk for certain conditions, people can be healthy at every ...

A MUM has been left fuming after receiving a letter from her daughter’s school calling the five-year-old “obese”. Samantha ...

What is obesity? Here's what you need to know about the disease expected to impact 50% of adults worldwide by 2050.

Findings of a study comparing waist circumference to BMI for predicting the development of obesity-related cancers show that waist circumference is a stronger risk marker in men but not in women.

New research suggests that a larger waist circumference is a bigger risk factor than body mass index (BMI) for ...

Body mass index (BMI), which is measured by taking a person’s body weight and dividing the square of their height, has long ...

New research to be presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2025, Malaga, Spain, 11–14 May) shows that a ...

Critics are once again questioning the efficacy of BMI as a tool for diagnosing obesity, suggesting that a more holistic ...