A group of experts from around the world are proposing an alternative way of defining clinical obesity, eschewing the ...

According to a September 2024 data brief from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 40.3 percent of U.S.

BMI, a widely used measure, has long been criticized for being too simplistic. It calculates obesity based only on height and ...

Over her three-decade career, weight management physician Dr. Sarah Ro has seen hundreds of patients. Many of them are on ...

By narrowing their research to overweight and obese individuals, Roswell Park researchers found that metformin might offer ...

Racial discrimination, bullying, sexism and other forms of discrimination have also been shown to increase the risk for ...

This two-question survey typically takes fewer than 30 seconds for a patient to complete, so it doesn't interfere with their ...