The condition is better measured by looking at factors like inflammation, insulin resistance, and glucose tolerance, ...

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For those with pre-clinical obesity, health care should be about risk-reduction and prevention of health problems related to ...

Body Mass Index, or BMI, has long been criticized as an unreliable method for measuring obesity — and now a group of experts ...

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

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

Form Health, the leading provider of science-based obesity care in the United States, announced a new program to prevent ...

The Lancet, a global medical journal that works with academics to identify issues in public health, hosted a Commission on ...

Inactive patients were at a higher risk for inactivity-related comorbid conditions, including obesity and diabetes, as well ...

Waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio show stronger links to colorectal cancer (CRC) than body mass index (BMI), a new ...

Data from a Phase Ia single ascending dose study found that ASC30 demonstrated dose-proportional pharmacokinetics, a ...