Comprehensive study exposes critical health risks of obesity, including diabetes, heart disease, and cancer, while offering ...

David Haslam, chair of the National Obesity Forum, explains how we can maintain a healthy weight and why, when it comes to ...

Many adolescents and young women gain weight in the years after breast reduction surgery – particularly those who were at a healthy body mass index (BMI) before surgery, reports a paper in the ...

Wegovy is a GLP-1 agonist containing semaglutide, the same active ingredient as Ozempic. While both medications share this ...

A commission proposed a new definition of obesity focused on how excess fat affects the body, rather than assessing body mass ...

Effective treatment of childhood obesity significantly lowers long-term health risks, including type 2 diabetes and ...

A report from The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology Commission has proposed new criteria for defining and diagnosing obesity, ...

Leading health experts challenge traditional BMI measurements and introduce a comprehensive new approach to diagnosing obesity, potentially affecting millions.

An international team of doctors proposed a new way to define obesity that's not based solely on BMI. Here's what they ...

The Lancet Commission has declared obesity a disease. With enough controversy to fill a buffet table, their new definition is ...

BMI is a 53-year-old metric that 58 expert researchers suggest officially needs an update—here's what they say is the more ...

Understanding the definition of obesity: experts examine the limitations of body-mass index (BMI) and propose alternative ...