Aja Beckett quit her job after her weight-loss shot-tracking app, Shotsy, took off on Reddit.

Allowing such medications as options could lead to significant savings from improved health, writes Kelley Koch.

Next-generation obesity drugs will work differently from Ozempic and Wegovy — aiming to deliver greater weight loss with ...

Obesity has a brand new definition now. This new description of the lifestyle disease—which goes beyond the currently accepted BMI (body-mass index) norms— has been proposed in a new report ...

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 ...

About 20% of children in the U.S. have obesity, according to CDC data. Dr. Gitanjali Srivastava, the medical director of obesity medicine at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, said obesity ...

Objective To investigate the correlation between caregivers’ health-related behaviours and the prevalence of ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently made an appeal to address obesity and cut oil consumption. His plea resonated with many as it garnered support from doctors, athletes, and the public.

The term overweight is no more a part of the India-specific obesity guidelines that were revised after nearly 15 years and published on Wednesday. The term overweight has been replaced with ...

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 ...

The Lancet Commission has declared obesity a disease. With enough controversy to fill a buffet table, their new definition is sparking heated debates in science, media, and beyond. But does this ...

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.