A commission proposed a new definition of obesity focused on how excess fat affects the body, rather than assessing body mass ...

A group of 58 researchers is calling for a new, better way to measure obesity and excess body fat that goes beyond BMI.

The team categorized pediatric obesity treatment response, based on changes in body mass index standard deviation score, as ...

A study found that the triglyceride-glucose (TyG) index, combined with obesity measures, significantly correlates with ...

A novel GLP-1 and amylin receptor agonist featured a safety profile similar to other incretin-based therapies and conferred a ...

Compared with poor response, good response to obesity treatment was associated with lower risk of type 2 diabetes (adjusted ...

Adults with obesity receiving once-weekly semaglutide 7.2 mg lost a higher proportion of their body weight at 72 weeks than ...

GLP-1 agonists for weight loss are now commonly used for adults, but might they also be an effective treatment for younger ...

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 ...

Between August 2021 and August 2023, approximately 40% of U.S. adults had obesity, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Around 9.4% of those adults had severe obesity.

Adding time-restricted eating to usual care didn't offer extra benefits in reducing visceral fat but lowered subcutaneous fat ...

When obese children receive weight-loss treatment, the effects last throughout their lives, and their risk of significant ...