A group of 58 researchers is calling for a new, better way to measure obesity and excess body fat that goes beyond BMI.

Among individuals with obesity and cardiovascular disease, those with large weight gain or loss had a higher risk for ...

"The idea of obesity as a disease is at the centre of one of the most controversial and polarising debates in modern medicine ...

A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than two in five American adults have obesity, a common and ...

Investors seeking the next obesity-like market opportunity will be closely watching developments related to treatments for ...

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

Atrial fibrillation, or A-fib, is an irregular heart rhythm that increases a person's risk of stroke, heart failure and even ...

A larger body doesn’t necessarily mean you have ‘clinical obesity’, according to a proposed new definition of the ...

By coincidence (they started before GLP -1 drugs were approved for slimming), a group of 56 doctors have just answered that ...

An international commission made the case for focusing on body fat quantity and the illnesses people experience.