A crude measure of weight relative to height, BMI is commonly used to diagnose obesity—even though many experts and ...

Get a load of this — you may be obese after all! About 40% of US adults — more than 100 million Americans — are considered ...

An international and widely supported group of experts is pushing doctors to avoid the exclusive use of BMI to decide whether ...

BMI falls short as a way to measure obesity. Doctors need to also determine whether body fat harms a person's health.

Some people claim that olive oil and lemon juice can treat various conditions, like gallstones. However, there’s no ...

Eli Lilly and other drugmakers are reportedly planning to urge the Trump administration to pause Medicare drug-price ...

Canadian public and private insurers have balked at covering certain medication for weight-loss, but that might change as the ...

A study finds that people who engage in just 30 minutes of exercise per week see modest improvements in body weight and body fat but for clinically significant improvements they need a higher average.

Drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy are now costing Connecticut taxpayers about $60 million this year and that figure could rise ...

The average American woman weighs about 170 pounds and stands about 5 feet, 4 inches tall. But it’s important to remember ...

Professor Franklin Joseph says some simple mistakes and misconceptions could be stopping people from losing weight ...

Also in today’s edition: ‘no-show’ international student data and significant progress in Israel-Hamas ceasefire talks ...