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.

Comprehensive study exposes critical health risks of obesity, including diabetes, heart disease, and cancer, while offering ...

All things considered, it’s at least as likely to make health outcomes worse as it is to make most people healthier.

The global cardiovascular devices market, valued at US$72.83 billion in 2023, is forecasted to grow at a robust CAGR of 7.3%, reaching US$77.71 billion in 2024 and an impressive US$110.39 billion by ...

A commission proposed a new definition of obesity focused on how excess fat affects the body, rather than assessing body mass ...

Glp-1 Analogues Market OverviewThe Glp analogues market size is expected to be worth USD 606.3 billion by 2034.The target market was valued at USD 45.3 billion in 2024.The market is projected to grow ...

The Bright Bodies Program, which runs multiple 10 to 12-week sessions annually, engages both children and their families. The ...

An international team of doctors proposed a new way to define obesity that's not based solely on BMI. Here's what they ...

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

BMI is a 53-year-old metric that 58 expert researchers suggest officially needs an update—here's what they say is the more reliable way to determine healthy body weight.

Medical experts have urged a shift away from the Body Mass Index (BMI) as the main yardstick to determine obesity as it does not factor in body fat levels. The prevalent method is so flawed that it ...