Severe obesity in childhood and adolescence more than triples the risk of MS, and obesity treatment does not seem to reverse it, a study finds.

One of the inadequacies of using body mass index (BMI) as a predictive factor is that “current BMI-based measures of obesity can both underestimate and overestimate” a persons ...

Scientists remain puzzled as to why some individuals taking popular weight loss and diabetes medications such as Ozempic and ...

Factors contributing to the ramifications of this disease as it stands include the socio-economic: overweight and obesity ...

Nearly 25 per cent of Bulgarians suffer from first-degree obesity, 40 per cent have a body mass index higher than healthy, ...

The study findings reflect a dynamic shift in several myokines and cytokines following moderate continuous exercise in obese ...

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

The economic survey of 2024-25 recommends stricter regulations and a health tax on ultra-processed foods due to their adverse ...

Alexandra Sowa's new book The Ozempic Revolution is intended to be the "first comprehensive user guide" to GLP-1 drugs like ...

Major heart health risk factors like obesity, diabetes and high blood pressure remain on the rise in the United States, ...

The study controlled for variables such as sex, age, degree of obesity, socioeconomic status, and migration background. Subgroup analyses focused on adolescents aged 12-17. The study aimed to ...

LONDON – Medical experts proposed a radical overhaul of how obesity is diagnosed, moving away from relying on body mass alone and adding broader measurements such as heart health. The ...