Costa Rica is facing a growing obesity crisis, with two-thirds of adults overweight or obese. A longtime expat reflects on ...

The Health Secretary’s 10-year plan includes proposals to bring down the cost of weight-loss drugs so more patients can get ...

As obesity management draws awareness and weight-loss injections are launched in India, hospitals are offering customised ...

Obesity rates for Black children and adolescents are 22.4% in the decade before the pandemic and 35% in the 2 years after the ...

WEIGHT loss jabs could be rolled out by the NHS in pharmacies under plans to make them more widely available and “tackle the ...

A new study compares body mass index (BMI) with body fat percentage and finds the latter is far more reliable in predicting ...

Amidst the global rise in obesity, Hons (Dr) Saurabh Kaushik guides audiences at AMA on eating right, staying disciplined and ...

America's obesity rate has gone from 12% to over 40% since 1960. Japan's remains at just 4.5%. Why? The latest episode of ...

Data from 32 studies concluded that the impact of exercise is modest in terms of meaningful weight loss. Caloric restriction ...

Back pain is more common than homeownership in the U.S. While about 65% of adults own a home, nearly 80% of adults will have ...

A new study reports that measurements that detect body fat are a more accurate predictor of mortality risk than body mass ...

Both Wegovy and Ozempic are semaglutide – a drug that first entered the US market in 2017 as a diabetes medication. It was ...