A new study finds that three quarters of American adults and half of adolescents are too heavy. That's making more of us sick and creating enormous health care costs.

A study by the Department of Veterans Affairs says that drugs like Ozempic can do plenty more than just help with weight loss ...

A new report noted that body mass index does not provide a nuanced enough assessment of health as it relates to weight ...

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

Medical experts have urged a shift away from the Body Mass Index (BMI) as the main yardstick to determine obesity as it does not factor in body fat levels. The prevalent method is so flawed that it ...

Psychologist and behavior change expert Professor Thomas Webb and a team of researchers has developed a health pack to help owners manage their dogs’ weight. Dog obesity is on the rise in the UK, with ...

The recommendations also put forth two new diagnosis categories: clinical obesity and pre-obesity. The first describes people with evidence of health conditions caused by excess weight, such as heart ...

There may be a more effective way to define and diagnose obesity, according to a commission of scientists that proposed a major change regarding the metabolic disease. Body mass index (BMI), a ...

We are working proactively to prepare for various potential impacts and, if events dictate, we will provide updates to the University community. We are proud of Northwestern’s accomplishments and the ...

Poorer cardiovascular health in childhood and adolescence may be linked to early differences in brain structure, particularly in areas of the brain affected in dementia in later life, according to a ...

Dr. David Cummings, an obesity expert at the University of Washington ... Dr. Robert Kushner from Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine acknowledged that redefining obesity will take time ...