A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows about half of U.S. adults believe it is a good thing for adults to use weight-loss drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy and ...

Gov. Jared Polis and the Colorado state legislature have the opportunity this year to pass a law to help our sickest and most ...

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Colorado plans to limit insurance coverage for weight-loss drugs like Wegovy and Ozempic for thousands of state employees.

Adults with overweight or obesity and type 2 diabetes who are ... Parents attending an adult weight management program, who were worried about their child's weight, would accept support and ...

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Treatment will include management of obesity-associated complications and may include specific obesity treatment aiming at decreasing fat mass, such as: For those with pre-clinical obesity, health ...

A group of experts from around the world are proposing an alternative way of defining clinical obesity, eschewing the commonly referenced body max index (BMI) and instead approaching the condition ...

Body mass index, or BMI, has long been criticized as a flawed method for measuring obesity — and now a group of experts is sharing new recommendations. BMI is a formula that uses a person's ...

An international committee of scientists has proposed a change to the way obesity is defined and diagnosed. The goal is to offer a more nuanced and objective way to assess body composition ...

Obesity is overdiagnosed, experts who want a new “fat but healthy” label have said. A group of scientists from around the world has proposed a “radical overhaul” of how obesity is ...

Terri-Lynne South, the chair of the Royal Australian College of GP's specific interest obesity management group, supports a move away from BMI as a sole diagnostic tool. "It was never meant for that.