Researchers identify a significant association between sugar-sweetened beverage tax and BMI changes among adults living in ...

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 ...

Analyst Joseph Pantginis of H.C. Wainwright maintained a Buy rating on Palatin Technologies (PTN – Research Report), retaining the price target ...

Military leaders have been warned that Canada’s troops are becoming increasingly overweight and obese, with 72 per cent of ...

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 ...

Medical experts have urged a shift away from the Body Mass Index (BMI) as the main yardstick to determine obesity as it does not factor in body fat levels. The prevalent method is so flawed that it ...

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.

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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 ...