A new study finds that three quarters of American adults and half of adolescents are too heavy. That's making more of us sick and creating enormous health care costs.

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

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

Doctors should use their clinical judgment and “intervene as part of the duty of care” if they feel obesity or weight related ...

The author of a new guidebook on GLP-1s and other experts share their tips for how clinicians can optimize patient success ...

By instilling these healthy habits in children, you can help them develop a strong foundation for a lifetime of wellness and ...

Obesity significantly impacts cardiovascular health, increasing risks such as left ventricular hypertrophy, atherosclerosis, ...

Over-availability of food: Since cats do not need to hunt to eat when they are confined to the house, they sometimes eat just ...

A novel GLP-1 and amylin receptor agonist featured a safety profile similar to other incretin-based therapies and conferred a ...

China is aiming to beef up physical education in schools, making it core to the curriculum rather than a secondary subject, ...

Patients taking Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy plus Veru’s enobosarm saw 71% lower lean mass loss than those who were taking Wegovy ...

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