Using body-mass index to tell who is overweight or obese is not reliable and can result in misdiagnosis, the Commission on ...

Obesity affects over 1 billion people globally, with 40 percent of U.S. adults classified as obese under the present ...

Form Health, the leading provider of science-based obesity care in the United States, announced a new program to prevent ...

BMI has long been falling out of favor. When the American Medical Association urged downgrading BMI in 2023, it blamed its ...

Donald Trump and his advisers are about to launch a consequential battle against unhealthy food producers and the ...

A new report shows that cancer cases are increasing in females in the United States and in younger adults. For the first time ...

A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial body mass index and hoping to better identify people ...

People often let chronic conditions such as high blood pressure and diabetes go for a long time without treatment. Here’s why ...

A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial body mass index and hoping to better identify people who need treatment ...

When it comes to weight loss drugs, Ozempic has become a phenomenon. With nearly $14 billion in sales in 2023, it shows no ...

The FDA has designed five different types of labels, each presenting the same information but with different specifications based on the size of the packaging.

After large drops during the pandemic, life expectancy in the United States should recover to 2019 levels this year ...