For years, medical experts have defined obesity primarily based on body mass index, which measures stored fat by calculating height and weight, to determine a person’s health risks. Major public ...

For decades, common wisdom and public health messaging have assumed that people in highly developed nations, like the United States, are relatively sedentary and burn far fewer daily calories than ...

Congress has the power to make obesity treatment and weight management accessible to the communities that need it.

When the issue is obesity, the questions are many, and the routes to answers anything but straight. What is abundantly clear is a need for consensus on two foundational matters: To answer these ...

There are few diagnostic terms in medicine more stigmatized than “obesity,” which affects 41.9% of U.S. adults over 20, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But many doctors ...

Obesity treatment can include GLP-1 medications, non-surgical procedures such as ESG stomach tightening and short-term gastric balloons, and traditional bariatric surgery. Here’s an alarming fact: 42% ...

The World Health Organization conditionally recommended GLP-1 drugs for obesity. A physician breaks down what you need to ...

The number on your scale could increase your odds of developing this advanced liver disease. Here’s how to lower your risk. Keep reading to learn about the link between obesity and MASH and how to ...

Ghrelin is a hormone your stomach makes that signals your body when you're hungry. You might think of it as an "on switch" for appetite. Your small intestine, pancreas, and brain also release small ...

Nikki Levy opened the DoorDash app on her phone, craving Vietnamese food. Then she remembered the 95% fat-free turkey she’d defrosted: She could cook instead of ordering in. She closed the app and ...

Recently, an international commission proposed a revised definition of obesity that focuses on how excess body fat affects the body, and factors in waist circumference, rather than simply calculating ...