Learn how your BMI can help identify if your obesity poses serious health risks and what steps to take for better outcomes.

Obesity affects over 1 billion people globally, with 40 percent of U.S. adults classified as obese under the present ...

New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and take into account health ...

BMI has long been considered a flawed measure that can over-diagnose or underdiagnose obesity, which is currently defined as ...

With nutritional, pharmaceutical, and surgical options available for obesity, clinicians are being called upon to make ...

Obesity is an important health issue for patients with chronic kidney disease, speeding its progression, contributing to ...

Averaging up to 20% of weight loss, adults taking Tirzepatide had at least 25 fewer breathing interruptions each hour as they ...

New findings on semaglutide and tirzepatide published in 2024 revealed that the medications may have benefits beyond lowering ...

While obesity is often thought of as excessive weight gain, this condition can also lead to severe physiological ...

liver or kidney disease or chronic severe knee or hip pain. These people would be eligible for treatments, including diet and exercise interventions and obesity medications. People with pre ...

emphasizing the fact that obesity is a severe and disabling disease by itself, even without or before the occurrence of obesity-related complications,” he said. However, he takes issue with the ...