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, ...

Presentations highlight clinically meaningful reductions in BMI in patients with acquired hypothalamic obesity - ...

After menopause, individuals with cardiovascular disease and weight gain may face a higher risk of breast cancer, recent ...

Why it's difficult for genetically obese people to permanently lose weight and your DNA creates biological barriers that make ...

Stratifying body mass index categories by waist circumference thresholds improves mortality risk prediction in postmenopausal women.

Objectives This study aimed to identify the perceptions of university students of overweight and obesity using the health belief model (HBM) and to analyse their association with the body mass index ...

A recent study finds that much of the cardiovascular disease seen in severely overweight people is driven by more than diabetes and high blood pressure.

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

Maternal obesity doesn't just affect the health of a pregnant woman. It can also have effects on her child, increasing their ...

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 ...

Obesity is defined as abnormal or excessive fat accumulation in different parts of the human body and it presents a risk to health. To assess obesity, different indices such as body mass index (BMI) ...

Results reveal that weight loss has significant effects on cellular processes that are known to affect metabolic health and ...