World medical experts say there is a better way to look at body weight than BMI. Trump nominee Kash Patel touches parents’ ...

Previously, the drugs were able to be prescribed through an email chat, from questionnaires or by people sending in photos of ...

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

The number does not capture a person's muscle mass; where on their body fat is stored; or how their race, ethnicity and ...

Obesity, a new report recommends, should be diagnosed by an individual’s body fat percentage, not weight, which was the norm ...

Humans with relatively more fat hidden in and around their muscles face a higher risk of death or hospitalization from heart ...

Body-weight cycling (also known as yo-yo dieting) has been shown to significantly increase the risk of kidney disease in ...

Pharmacy regulator warns some people with history of eating disorders wrongly obtaining medicines such as Wegovy or Mounjaro ...

Heart disease remains the top killer of Americans as risk factors continue to grow. Get the latest statistics from the ...

Body-weight cycling (also known as yo-yo dieting) has been shown to significantly increase the risk of kidney disease in people with type 1 diabetes, regardless of body mass index (BMI) and other ...

Is obesity a disease? How could it be better defined? A commission of 56 global experts from 'The Lancet' magazine has set ...

Intramuscular fat, contained within muscle tissue, increases the risk of serious heart disease, regardless of other risk ...