Short-term fruit and vegetable juicing causes microbial shifts in the oral and gut microbiome, but these changes are mostly ...

Family-based behavioral treatment (FBT) is a clinically-proven approach to treating children with obesity in which a health care professional works with the family to help children lose weight by ...

Forty-four percent of personnel in the Canadian Armed Forces are considered overweight while 28 per cent are classified as ...

U.S. drugmaker Pfizer PFE.N is going "all in" to develop its experimental obesity drug and has been recruiting more experts in that area, Chief Executive ...

An experimental drug called amycretin showed signs it could be more potent than Eli Lilly’s rival Zepbound, though analysts ...

Experts worldwide are suggesting a fresh approach to defining and diagnosing obesity. This new method reduces reliance on the body mass index (BMI) and aims to better identify those needing ...

Urging an overhaul of how obesity is diagnosed, a Lancet Global Commission report has recommended a new, nuanced approach that looks at measures of body fat such as waist circumference or waist-to ...

Rapid and significant weight loss can pose a risk to bone health, said Dr. Christopher McGowan, a gastroenterologist and obesity specialist who runs True You Weight Loss in Cary, North Carolina.

BOSTON and SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Amwell® (NYSE: AMWL), a leader in digital care, today announced that Vida Health, a leader in virtual cardiometabolic care, is now part of ...

BOSTON and SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Amwell® (NYSE: AMWL), a leader in digital care, today announced that Vida Health, a leader in virtual cardiometabolic care, is now part ...

A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial body mass index and hoping to better identify people who need treatment ...