Roughly 1 million American kids became obese during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study says. Childhood obesity rates in the U ...

Body Mass Index (BMI) is a key tool for assessing weight categories and potential health risks, estimating body fat based on ...

Supportive long-term relationships may help protect against obesity by strengthening oxytocin driven communication between the brain, gut microbiome and eating behavior.

Obesity could speed up the pathology of Alzheimer's disease as signified by blood biomarkers, suggesting prevention by managing weight loss.

HealthDay News — Faster amyloid accumulation is seen over time among individuals with obesity, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, held ...

After falling short in adults, Novo Nordisk pivots CagriSema into a sweeping global trial targeting childhood obesity.

Multicomponent physical activity interventions were generally associated with positive outcomes among pediatric patients with obesity.

What you need to know In England, 1 in 4 adults,1 and almost 1 in 4 children by the time they are 11 years old,2 are living with obesity (based on body mass index (BMI) measurements and classification ...

A large new study using advanced imaging found that abdominal obesity, sometimes referred to as a "beer belly," is associated ...

In a new research letter published in JAMA Pediatrics, a team of Yale experts examined the clinical utility of taking additional measurements in children with high body mass index, or BMI, to diagnose ...

For decades, BMI (body mass index) has been the go-to number doctors use to decide whether someone is underweight, "normal," overweight or obese. But new global research suggests it's possible to have ...

New research continues to show that many people meet the criteria for obesity and associated health problems, even if their BMI looks fine. Reading time 2 minutes Your number on the bathroom scale ...