People with pockets of fat hidden inside their muscles are at a higher risk of dying or being hospitalized from a heart attack or heart failure, regardless of their body mass index, according to new ...

The study included nearly 2 million patients, making it the largest ever conducted on this group of glucagon-like peptide-1 ...

Popular GLP-1 medications approved for weight loss, diabetes, and heart disease may have untapped potential to treat ...

Peptidomics offered new diagnostic insights into the underlying processes of metabolic dyfunction-associated steatotic liver ...

A group of 58 researchers is calling for a new, better way to measure obesity and excess body fat that goes beyond BMI.

While we’re unlikely to see a dramatic rise in deaths from vaccine-preventable diseases in the U.S. in the near term, the ...

Weight-loss medicines such as Ozempic might raise a person’s likelihood of developing conditions including arthritis.

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

Tyler resident Daniel Laskowski, 39, decided to participate in the inaugural Fittest Tylerites competition because he likes ...

According to a September 2024 data brief from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 40.3 percent of U.S.

Fetuses of pregnant people who gained excess weight in the first trimester of pregnancy show signs of excess fat distribution in the upper arm and in the abdomen, according to a new study. These ...

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