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.

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.

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

A new report notes that the amount of belly fat a patient has is a more useful metric for determining obesity than ...

Exposure to certain plastic chemicals during pregnancy is linked to higher body fat in children, while exposure in early ...

Instead of using the controversial body mass index, or BMI, to assess weight, an international group of scientists proposes ...

A global group of experts has suggested a new approach to diagnosing and treating obesity that does not rely solely on the ...

BMI is used to classify individuals as underweight, healthy weight, overweight, or obese based on their height and weight. It ...

The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology published its Commission on the definition and diagnostic criteria of clinical obesity.