Surgery is the gold standard, GLP-1s are all the rage—whether a head-to-head study is needed depends on who you ask.

Although a comparable proportion of Black and non-Black patients discussed surgical weight loss with their provider (9.5% vs ...

The longtime reliance on BMI means that obesity is likely overdiagnosed, members of the Commission said. View on euronews ...

Welcoming a newborn is something many couples dream of doing, but it can get complicated when conceiving becomes a roadblock.

Welcoming a newborn is something many couples dream of doing, but it can get complicated when conceiving becomes a roadblock.

Obesity, long determined by the flawed metric of BMI, should be diagnosed based on other measurements, experts argue.

More than half of respondents to a survey were unaware that bariatric surgery may improve some women’s chances of getting ...

With nutritional, pharmaceutical, and surgical options available for obesity, clinicians are being called upon to make ...

BMI has long been falling out of favor. When the American Medical Association urged downgrading BMI in 2023, it blamed its ...

Learn how your BMI can help identify if your obesity poses serious health risks and what steps to take for better outcomes.

Obesity, recognized as a complex and growing health issue, is associated with an increased risk of various cancers. A ...

Until two years ago, such discussion was of little practical relevance, since there were few treatments for obesity between ...