Health standards, such as for height, weight related to age, or obesity and malnutrition, come from research on Europeans and ...

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A diet involving fasting on three nonconsecutive days per week yielded a 6.37 lb greater weight loss after a year than a ...

GLP-1 medications are reshaping the weight management landscape — and beginning to take a bite out of bariatric surgery volumes in hospitals. Between 2022 and 2023, bariatric surgery rates fell 25.6% ...

BMI is used to deny or delay abortion care, despite little evidence of increased adverse outcomes during abortions based on ...

New-onset type 2 diabetes was linked to an increased risk for developing certain cancers typically related to obesity, ...

New research to be presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2025, Malaga, Spain, 11–14 May) shows an association ...

A large majority of older Americans feel that health insurance – including Medicare – should cover anti-obesity medications, according to a new University of Michigan study.

New research to be presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2025, Malaga, Spain, 11-14 May) shows an association between the amount of sodium consumed in the diet and the risk of ...

Obesity was tied with an increased risk of developing 16 health outcomes, a large longitudinal study showed. Risks correlated ...

A new University of Michigan study shows that a strong majority of older Americans want health insurance — including Medicare — to cover weight loss medica ...

A large majority of older Americans feel that health insurance—including Medicare—should cover anti-obesity medications, ...