It’s estimated more than one billion people in the world are living with obesity as defined by the current definition that relies solely on body mass index or BMI. Now health care experts say one-size ...

New research suggests waist-to-height ratio is a more accurate obesity risk indicator than BMI, especially for older adults.

(CNN) — For years, medical experts have defined obesity primarily based on body mass index, which measures stored fat by calculating height and weight, to determine a person’s health risks. Major ...

As the UK's population continues to age, obesity and obesity-related diseases are an increasing burden on the NHS. However, ...

Wave expects to initiate a Phase 2a multidose portion of WVE-007 INLIGHT clinical trial in individuals living with obesity with higher BMI and ...

A global group of experts has suggested a new approach to diagnosing and treating obesity. Instead of relying only on body mass index (BMI), which has some limitations, the new framework introduces ...

There are few diagnostic terms in medicine more stigmatized than “obesity,” which affects 41.9% of U.S. adults over 20, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But many doctors ...

This approval was based on the results of the STEP UP Phase IIIb trial (NCT05646706), which demonstrated that a 7.2mg dose of ...

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