If a person’s BMI is “30.0 or higher, it falls within the obesity range.” The classification of someone as "obese" can be murky, as BMI is a historically flawed health standard, especially ...

Obesity is a killer. So is it enough for a doctor to tell a chronically obese person to lose weight and leave it at that? Wyatt and Bray both point out that we routinely use medication for other ...

But these variations add up such that their net effect makes a "genetic risk burden" making a person prone to obesity, or relatively resistant to developing it.' In humans, obesity is measured ...

Children of moms who smoked or were obese are more likely to become obese adults themselves, according to a new study. Researchers found that factors beyond a person’s control - such as socio ...

A research team led by Dr. Martin Mollenhauer from the Heart Center at University Hospital Cologne has investigated the link between obesity and ... hormones that make a person feel hungry ...

Body mass index (BMI) is key method for measuring a person's weight status, and defining if they have normal weight, overweight, or obesity. However, new research to be presented at this year's ...

The drug manufacturer will no longer study and test danuglipron after a participant in a clinical trial was injured.

A study finds that factors beyond a person's control, like socioeconomic status and whether their mom smoked or was obese, can influence whether they are overweight or obese as teenagers or adults ...