Bariatric surgeries entail a layered verification process and an assessment of co-morbidities that lead to delays.

The prevalence of obesity and diabetes has grown worldwide, presenting notable challenges to public health and health care ...

For patients who are significantly overweight — the path forward to losing it may include a decision between drugs or surgery ...

Recent discussions have emerged challenging the traditional reliance on BMI for diagnosing obesity, advocating for a more precise approach that considers individual health factors.

Body mass index (BMI) was almost three times more likely to classify children as overweight as a waist circumference-to-height ratio, according to a new study.

Novo Nordisk’s weight loss drug Wegovy is linked to an increased risk of hair loss, a study suggests. Meanwhile, Dexcom ...

Women's magazine editors, body diversity activists and medics all agree on one thing: the thin ideal is back. Having lived through 'heroin chic' and the rise of the body positivity movement, Kate Demo ...

Not necessarily — but it’s complicated. For years, body size was considered a barrier to most sports, but today that’s ...

It is midday in Nairobi's Central Business District. I stroll downtown to see how easy it is to buy Ozempic, a drug sold in the Kenyan market as semaglutide and approved for diabetes but that is ...

Share on Pinterest Close adherence to a Mediterranean diet could help keep several types of cancer at bay in people with overweight or obesity. Image credit: SimpleImages/Getty Images. Overweight ...

This is known as “medical tourism.” One of the most common procedures people seek abroad is obesity surgery, also called bariatric or metabolic surgery. It helps people lose weight by changing ...

“There are subjects with long-standing obesity and morbid obesity who can be considered healthy despite a high degree of obesity.” Only 3 percent of gunshot wounds in America are the results ...