In 2024, Lebanon, Mauritius and Nepal passed best practice policies on trans fat elimination; Thirty-four countries have now joined the Acceleration Plan to stop obesity ... deaths and injuries from ...

Honourable Chair, Dr Jerome Walcott,Honourable Ministers, dear colleagues and friends,Good morning, happy New Year, and welcome once again to your WHO headquarters.As you know, for me 2024 ended with ...

Jan. 27, 2025 — A study shows that patients with obesity and fatty liver-related cirrhosis who had bariatric (weight-loss) surgery significantly lowered their future ... Signposting Children to ...

LONDON, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Britain's pharmacies regulator on Tuesday tightened rules for online pharmacies' prescribing obesity drugs, ordering them to make changes to prevent people from receiving ...

said the company had now secured insurance coverage for Wegovy for about 55mn Americans with obesity, and the drug had been launched in more than 15 countries. “Our strategic aspiration remains ...

A group of 58 researchers is calling for a new, better way to measure obesity. The global team’s recommendations were published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology on Jan. 14. Body mass index ...

Many countries also apply specific BMI thresholds to account for ethnic differences in obesity-related risk. While BMI can help identify individuals at higher risk of health problems, the ...

When children with obesity undergo weight-loss treatment, the effects have repercussions later in life and the risk of serious health problems and premature death is lower as they reach young ...

A new report argues that body mass index or BMI is not the most accurate way to define obesity. BMI is only a measure of a person’s weight and height and does not account for muscle mass.

Amid the rising buzz around Ozempic and similar weight-loss drugs, a group of 58 researchers is challenging the way obesity is defined and diagnosed, arguing that current methods fail to capture ...