GPs should use their ‘clinical judgement’ to decide when a child’s obesity has become a safeguarding concern, according to ...

Body Mass Index (BMI) has limitations as it doesn't distinguish between muscle and fat, leading to misclassification of ...

India has experienced a doubling of obesity prevalence over the past two decades, with abdominal obesity becoming ...

Semaglutide is associated with nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION) among patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and those with overweight/obesity.

CHENNAI: Ever find yourself sweating it out at the gym, crushing leg day or some intense workout, only to step on the scale and feel utterly betrayed? We’ve all ...

Novo Nordisk said on Friday a late-stage trial with a high-dose version of the active ingredient semaglutide, used in its ...

The U.S. government on Friday announced a list of 15 prescription medicines targeted for Medicare price negotiations for 2027 ...

When it comes to weight loss drugs, Ozempic has become a phenomenon. With nearly $14 billion in sales in 2023, it shows no ...

Announcement of the 15 medicines chosen for the second round of negotiations is one of the Biden administration’s final ...

We defined excess growth in infancy as a WHO weight gain z-score of >0.67 from birth to age 1 year, and overweight according to the International Obesity Task Force. We used a growth model to assess ...

A global group of experts has suggested a new approach to diagnosing and treating obesity that does not rely solely on the much-contested body mass index (BMI).

Instead of using the controversial body mass index, or BMI, to assess weight, an international group of scientists proposes ...