New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and take into account health ...

The U.S. government named 15 drugs that will be subject to the second round of price negotiations by Medicare, including ...

BMI has long been considered a flawed measure that can over-diagnose or underdiagnose obesity, which is currently defined as ...

An international commission made the case for focusing on body fat quantity and the illnesses people experience.

AS a nation, we guzzle 15BILLION litres of fizzy drinks every year. But they are to blame for one in ten new cases of type 2 ...

After large drops during the pandemic, life expectancy in the United States should recover to 2019 levels this year ...

"This tells us that it’s much more important, all things considered, to focus on the fitness aspect” of health and longevity, ...

A comprehensive review found that being out of shape greatly increased the risk of dying prematurely — regardless of age or ...

U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy's new Advisory on Alcohol and Cancer Risk outlining a direct link between drinking ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has proposed a rule expanding Medicare and Medicaid patients’ access to anti-obesity drugs ... a 2023 study by the University of Southern California ...

Dietz is professor of exercise and nutritional sciences at the Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, and director of the STOP Obesity Alliance. Nadglowski is ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the obesity treatment tirzepatide ... who is professor of medicine and epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, and medical ...