New obesity criteria for Indians now include waist circumference and waist-to-height ratio. Abdominal obesity is indicated ...

As of March 2020, nearly 42% of US adults had obesity, with the report estimating that more than a billion people are living ...

Using body-mass index to tell who is overweight or obese is not reliable and can result in misdiagnosis, the Commission on ...

Eating cheese lowers the risk of developing sleep apnea, a recent study found. Researchers said the essential nutrients in ...

An international and widely supported group of experts is pushing doctors to avoid the exclusive use of BMI to decide whether ...

Experts say clinical obesity is more than a high BMI and instead is a disease in which excess body fat harms tissues, organs or doing daily activities.

Powers Health opened a new sleep clinic in the fast-growing town of Winfield. St. Mary Medical Center Sleep Medicine Services is now accepting patients at a new Winfield location in the Powers Health ...

Obesity at cancer diagnosis appeared linked to significantly poorer survival among children and adolescents, according to results of a retrospective study.The association between obesity and mortality ...

The Obesity Care Advocacy Network (OCAN), and more than 70 other patient advocacy organizations across the spectrum of related obesity co-morbidities, issued a statement urging the Trump ...

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Zepbound is a dual-activating medication that combines glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) and glucagon-like ...

New findings on semaglutide and tirzepatide published in 2024 revealed that the medications may have benefits beyond lowering ...