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 ...

Hers shares information about the average weight for women in the U.S., what women believe the ideal weight is, and the ...

University of Utah Health offers comprehensive weight management options for patients looking to achieve and maintain a ...

Obesity has been an ongoing struggle for many consumers, and for years, body mass index (BMI) has been the key metric health ...

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

Findings indicate a 12.8% 10-year diabetes risk, driven by fasting plasma glucose, age, sex, and BMI, highlighting the need ...

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

A global commission presents a nuanced approach to defining clinical obesity as a chronic illness resulting from the effect of excess adiposity on organ and tissue function.

Eli Lilly's Ozempic-rivaling weight-loss pill orforglipron could be available in early 2026. Its retatrutide may be as ...

However, this classification system assumes that weight alone is a reliable indicator of health, disregarding important ...

The way the world defines obesity has been in need of an overhaul, according to some experts, and it could be coming soon ...

The commission recommends a shift away from relying solely on BMI to more accurately define obesity as a disease.