By David Leonhardt Graphics by Ashley Wu Total G.D.P. Among high-income countries and China China $30 trillion $25 Today, the ...

The Swiss pharmaceutical company has set a high bar for any potential obesity-treatment acquisition as it scans the market ...

Novo Nordisk is under pressure from investors for more information about its next-generation obesity drug candidate CagriSema ...

Drugmakers have poured small fortunes into the development of weight loss medicines in the past few years in attempts to lead ...

The AP-NORC survey shows about half of U.S. adults believe it is a good thing for adults to use Ozempic, Wegovy and similar ...

A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial body mass index and hoping to better identify people who need treatment for ...

Hers shares information about the average weight for women in the U.S., what women believe the ideal weight is, and the ...

Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death in the US, driven by rising rates of obesity, diabetes, and high ...

The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology Commission, consisting of experts from around the world, put forward the new definition for obesity on Jan 14. It was endorsed by 76 organisations, including ...

The United States will leave the World Health Organization, President Donald Trump said on Monday, saying the global health agency had mishandled the COVID-19 pandemic and other international health ...

The standard method of determining obesity across the world has thus far employed BMI cut-offs as the sole determinant. A person with a BMI of less than 18.5 is considered to be underweight, a BMI ...