A new study reports that measurements that detect body fat are a more accurate predictor of mortality risk than body mass ...

Obesity rates for Black children and adolescents are 22.4% in the decade before the pandemic and 35% in the 2 years after the ...

This key metric will be in addition to screening school children for their Body Mass Index (BMI), as part of a plan to prevent India from becoming home to the third-highest global obese population by ...

A study led by Washington State University (WSU) has identified possible links between childhood obesity and whether a mother ...

Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. may be ripe in a year. At that time, setmelanotide should be approved for HO in the U.S. and ...

The National Center for Health Statistics measured adults and children to see weight, height and other size trends ...

Spain’s ministry of health has asked Novo Nordisk for clarification about a controversial obesity awareness campaign which may have broken the country’s law on promoting prescription drugs. The ...

In England, the British 1990 (UK90) growth charts for BMI are frequently used to define paediatric weight status according to age and sex, with the highest centile shown on the charts being the 99.6th ...

Eligibility criteria for selecting studies Cross-sectional or longitudinal observational studies that recruited children (aged <18 years) drawn from the community who had their weight status ...

1 Body Mass Index (BMI) Defined; 2 Child and Teen Body Mass Index ... If their BMI is over 30, they have obesity. [1] ... and your weight in pounds on the BMI chart at the bottom of the article.

Novo Nordisk’s campaign, which aims to speak ‘without filters’ by declaring obesity a disease, has been strongly criticized ...

📅 A study from the Netherlands tracked children's BMI, highlighting the first five years as crucial for preventing future obesity. 📈 By 2050, UK child obesity rates are expected to rise ...