A commission proposed a new definition of obesity focused on how excess fat affects the body, rather than assessing body mass ...

which will likely lower your BMI. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) lists these waist circumference guidelines: less than 35 inches for a woman (nonpregnant) and less than 40 ...

However, this classification system assumes that weight alone is a reliable indicator of health, disregarding important ...

India revises obesity guidelines after 15 years, emphasizing body fat distribution and health risks for Asian Indian ...

A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial ...

New research suggests that factors like age, sex, body fat and the amount of sugar in your blood play a significant role in the progression from pre-diabetes to a type 2 diabetes diagnosis.

Intramuscular fat, contained within muscle tissue, increases the risk of serious heart disease, regardless of other risk ...

Some social determinants of health act as barriers to maintaining a healthy diet during pregnancy and higher saturated fats ...

The focus on how BMI should be used may have overshadowed an equally, if not more important, matter proposed in a new report.

Wegovy is a GLP-1 agonist containing semaglutide, the same active ingredient as Ozempic. While both medications share this ...