A new report noted that body mass index does not provide a nuanced enough assessment of health as it relates to weight

There may be a more effective way to define and diagnose obesity, according to a commission of scientists that proposed a major change regarding the metabolic disease. Body mass index (BMI), a calculated measure of height related to weight,

A study by the Department of Veterans Affairs says that drugs like Ozempic can do plenty more than just help with weight loss.

What is pre-clinical obesity? A new report redefines obesity using broader criteria than body mass index (BMI), focusing on organ function and body fat metrics.

Short-term fruit and vegetable juicing causes microbial shifts in the oral and gut microbiome, but these changes are mostly transient and return to baseline after 14 days.

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 for the disease caused by excess body fat.

When Toronto designer Aman Than’s youngest daughter headed off to university, she and her husband, Johnny, decided to embark on a long-planned refresh. The updated design of their Brampton-area ...

People with diabetes and obesity are at higher risk for severe respiratory illness caused by viruses, including serious complications from COVID-19 . Diabetes and obesity are also linked to Long COVID, vaccine breakthrough infections and higher likelihood of other viral infections, like respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).

Early research suggests GLP-1 drugs could prevent or treat Alzheimer's Disease. Results from a big clinical trial could soon confirm that.

New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and also take into account health problems from extra weight and other measurements.

To better tailor screening decisions for women 40-49 years old, Kerlikowske uses the Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium Invasive Cancer Risk Model Version 3 ( BCSC v3 ), which evaluates breast cancer risk over 5 and 10 years.

Just outside New York City’s Central Park Zoo, not far from where Robert F. Kennedy Jr. once stealthily deposited a dead bear cub, stands a bronze statue to another animal: Balto, the husky that, 100 years ago this month, played a leading role in a daring and perilous rescue that captured the world’s attention.