While body mass index (BMI) has long been a go-to measure of a person's health, used by doctors and health insurers alike, a ...

Researchers at King’s College London have developed a new blood test using lipids that can more effectively predict risks of metabolic diseases in children, such as type two diabetes and liver disease ...

Obesity in dogs is one of the most common issues sweeping the nation, with the PDSA reporting that up to 65% of the UK's pet ...

The European Medicines Agency backed the use of Novo Nordisk's popular drug Wegovy to help ease heart failure in people with ...

"We observed in this cohort study that BMI outside of the normal category in women and men was associated with lower ...

A new type of blood test using lipids could make it easier to identify children at risk of complications around obesity ...

Australian researchers said that supervised diets with intermittent fasting were for children with serious health conditions, ...

Novo Nordisk said European regulators support the use of its blockbuster weight-loss drug Wegovy to help reduce heart failure ...

Researchers have discovered that remodeling of extracellular matrix (ECM) in the hypothalamus, specifically around AgRP ...

It’s a brain disease,” a prominent obesity doctor explained on a “60 Minutes” episode about the drugs. “Obesity is disease” ...

We live in a society that’s been set up to fail, but not on purpose. Take the obesity problem in the United States. Presently, about 70% of Americans are obese, ...

One in three children in Oklahoma ages 10-17 is considered overweight or obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – and these numbers place the ...