An oral melanocortin-4 receptor agonist conferred significant BMI reductions among adolescents and adults with hypothalamic ...

A new study compares body mass index (BMI) with body fat percentage and finds the latter is far more reliable in predicting ...

To improve access to care, many professional organizations have advocated for classifying obesity as a disease. However, the ...

The most prevalent complications among newly identified people with obesity were hypertension, arthritis, diabetes, and ...

A new study reports that measurements that detect body fat are a more accurate predictor of mortality risk than body mass ...

Women with higher levels of body fat sometimes struggle to conceive and can face greater health risks during pregnancy.

For years, people living with obesity have been given the same basic advice: eat less, move more. But while this mantra may ...

HealthDay News — The European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO) framework may offer a more sensitive measure of obesity than traditional body mass index (BMI), according to a study published ...

A collection of top researchers have made the case for a new way to understand and diagnose obesity beyond using BMI as a measure.

Adults with obesity were more likely to achieve a 10% or greater weight loss at 1 year if they continued using their ...

Older women with larger waist circumference may be at a much greater risk of dying for any given BMI, according to ...

A new study has found that your belly might reveal more about your brain health than your bathroom scales do, especially if ...