Body Mass Index cannot differentiate between muscle mass, fat and bone density. Doctors suggest other markers and scans to ...

Doctors receive minimal education about weight stigma and obesity and can carry their own internalized weight bias into appointments—especially given the focus on BMI, which throws patients into ...

Obesity isn’t just about struggling to fit into last year’s jeans – it’s a full-blown global crisis. The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that over one billion people worldwide are ...

When it comes to achieving healthy body weight, some men might look to what’s average and use that as their goal. For ...

Researchers found that high fructose intake, especially from processed foods, is linked to metabolic dysfunction-associated ...

While it seems like we’re getting slimmer as a population, a new report suggests that’s not necessarily the case: It found ...

People living in rural areas are at greater risk for obesity than the general population, and they often have limited access ...

Researchers found that gut microbiome composition is strongly linked to metabolic health across different life stages, with ...

Maintaining a healthy weight can be harder as you get older — unless you know the keys to rebooting a slowing metabolism.

An abrupt aversion to sex is a common, albeit lesser-known, complication of taking GLP-1 medications, such as Mounjaro, ...

A woman’s attempt to address her friend’s health spirals into a tense confrontation, raising questions about boundaries in ...