Popular GLP-1 medications approved for weight loss, diabetes, and heart disease may have untapped potential to treat substance abuse disorders, psychosis, infections, cancer, and dementia.

A larger body doesn’t necessarily mean you have ‘clinical obesity’, according to a proposed new definition of the disease.

A new study finds that a blood test may be a more reliable indicator of liver disease than asking how much a person drinks.

Mitolyn is a new dietary supplement that recently hit the market, and is said to be the ultimate weight loss solution. The ...

People with higher body mass indexes say they're relieved by experts' new guidance to downplay the use of BMI in diagnosing people with weight problems or obesity.

The number of people predicted to have type 2 diabetes in 2025 is expected to exceed more than five million people in the UK, ...

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

In 2022, a group of researchers established a ‘Commission’ to “propose a definition for clinical obesity,” replacing the BMI system.