Excess belly weight or visceral fat may be a stronger predictor of heart failure than BMI, and inflammation plays a major role, according to a new study.

The 2013 declaration of obesity as a chronic disease and the 2021 approval of semaglutide are associated with increased use ...

Augusta seems to have a weight problem with WalletHub ranking it among the most fat cities in the nation. Here's why.

GLP-1 medications like Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro have become something of a cultural lightning rod over the past few years ...

The World Health Organization also recommends using a z-score for diagnosing faltering weight, in addition to growth charts.

When Larry Freeman unexpectedly lost his father in 2004, he didn't just grieve -- he began studying.

NEW YORK, March 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Maven Clinic, the largest virtual clinic for women's and family health, today ...

Country singer Riley Green was struck in the face by a cell phone thrown from the crowd during a sold-out concert in ...

On the other hand, professional medical-grade body scans are often expensive, inconvenient, and require visits to specialized ...

Some patients taking popular GLP-1 weight loss drugs may be able to keep the weight off while taking injections less often, ...

There could be 227 million obese children worldwide by 2040. But as South Korea and Denmark have shown, it is possible to tackle this crisis, says Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the Un ...

IT seems that Guyanese are not taking seriously enough the tremendous impact that overweight has on the two main non-communicable diseases (NCDs)primarily responsible for deaths in this country – ...