To improve access to care, many professional organizations have advocated for classifying obesity as a disease. However, the ...

Rhythm Pharmaceuticals shares surged to a record high Wednesday on promising results for a drug that could treat a rare form ...

Based on BMI alone, 31.3% of individuals in the entire study population were considered normal weight, 33.3% had overweight, ...

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

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

Body mass index (BMI) may not be the most accurate predictor of death risk. A new study from the University of Florida found ...

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

Rhythm said results of the recent trial were also consistent with BMI reductions achieved with setmelanotide therapy in similar patient populations in past trials. Setmelanotide, an existing ...

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

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

As per a prospective cohort study, waist circumference along with BMI modestly improves the prediction of which postmenopausal women are at a higher risk for premature death.

Results show that body fat analysis did indeed predict people’s risk of death from any cause and, specifically, for heart ...