About six months ago, a series of patients came to me begging for weight-loss injections to manage obesity. As doctor who has ...

Childhood should be full of energy, exploration, and growth—but for many children today, those years are being shaped by a ...

Under the current rules, a body-mass-index (BMI) score of 18.5 to 25 is healthy, 25 to 29 is overweight, and 30 or above counts as obese - the point at which the risk of serious illness soars.

For the first time in more than a decade, the number of states with rates of obesity of 35% or more has dropped, an encouraging sign that America’s epidemic of excess weight might be improving. But ...

GLP-1 receptor agonist therapy reduced surgical abscess repairs and hospitalizations among people with hidradenitis ...

A new definition of obesity endorsed by 76 health organizations could dramatically increase the number of Americans ...

Grammy-winning R&B artist D’Angelo has died at 51 after a private battle with pancreatic cancer. His death spotlights a ...

Under the new definition, a person is classified as obese if they have a high BMI plus an elevated reading from one of these ...

BMI is not an accurate way to measure body weight or health because it does not account for body fat percentage or body fat distribution.

The company is one of two major players in the rapidly growing obesity drug market. Yet, the stock has lost half its value.