The condition is better measured by looking at factors like inflammation, insulin resistance, and glucose tolerance, ...

Intramuscular fat, contained within muscle tissue, increases the risk of serious heart disease, regardless of other risk factors, a new study suggests.

Our reframing acknowledges the nuanced reality of obesity and allows for personalized care,” said Dr. Francesco Rubino of ...

An international team of doctors proposed a new way to define obesity that's not based solely on BMI. Here's what they ...

An international commission made the case for focusing on body fat quantity and the illnesses people experience.

A panel of health experts looking at obesity announced that the definition of the condition should be split into two ...

“That’s why,” says Dr Naval Vikram Kishore, professor of medicine, Metabolic Research Group, AIIMS, “obesity has to be ...

By coincidence (they started before GLP -1 drugs were approved for slimming), a group of 56 doctors have just answered that ...

A study by the Department of Veterans Affairs says that drugs like Ozempic can do plenty more than just help with weight loss ...

A larger body doesn’t necessarily mean you have ‘clinical obesity’, according to a proposed new definition of the disease.

On one hand, obesity is known to lead to an increased risk of Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, some cancers and other health problems. This is why the World Health Organization among others ...