An oral melanocortin-4 receptor agonist conferred significant BMI reductions among adolescents and adults with hypothalamic obesity, according to a presenter. As Healio previously reported, ...

About 1 in 5 classified as overweight based on BMI alone considered to have obesity according to European society definition.

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

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

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

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 ...

Rhythm Pharmaceuticals’ push to move obesity patients from jabs to tabs has stayed on beat. | Rhythm Pharmaceuticals’ push to ...

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

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

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

Dr. David Geier joined Good morning Charleston Wednesday to break down a new study and talk about some of the myths ...

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