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There’s still scope for a new generation of drugs to replace weight-loss market leaders like Novo Nordisk A/S’s Wegovy, ...

Calling people obese is medically "flawed" - and the definition should be split into two, a report from global experts says.

Eli Lilly's popular obesity drug Zepbound can now be covered by government-backed Medicare drug plans, CNBC reported on ...

In Tuesday's issue of The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, dozens of international medical experts and people with lived ...

Can weight loss drugs curb alcohol addictions? This Louisiana doctor is keeping an eye on new findings and emerging research.

That is the conclusion of a report by the global Commission on Clinical Obesity – published in The Lancet Diabetes and ...

Using body-mass index to tell who is overweight or obese is not reliable and can result in misdiagnosis, the Commission on ...

Medical experts proposed a radical overhaul of how obesity is diagnosed, moving away from relying on body mass alone and ...

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

The just-published findings reveal what regulates a gene that’s pivotal to our food intake - and also our risk of obesity.

LONDON: Doctors worldwide should diagnose obesity differently, relying on broader criteria and taking into account when the condition causes ill-health, according to a new framework drawn up by ...