A commission proposed a new definition of obesity focused on how excess fat affects the body, rather than assessing body mass ...

Novo Nordisk shares rose sharply after the Danish pharmaceutical giant said an experimental weight-loss shot helped patients ...

A group of 58 researchers is calling for a new, better way to measure obesity and excess body fat that goes beyond BMI.

A novel GLP-1 and amylin receptor agonist featured a safety profile similar to other incretin-based therapies and conferred a ...

Our reframing acknowledges the nuanced reality of obesity and allows for personalized care,” said Dr. Francesco Rubino of ...

A new weight loss drug from Novo Nordisk helped patients lose a large amount of weight, providing a boost for Novo in the ...

US-based pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly is focusing on weight loss medications like Mounjaro (tirzepatide), which has proven ...

Obesity affects over 1 billion people globally, with 40 percent of U.S. adults classified as obese under the present ...

An international commission made the case for focusing on body fat quantity and the illnesses people experience.

An international team of doctors proposed a new way to define obesity that's not based solely on BMI. Here's what they ...

Body Mass Index, or BMI, has long been criticized as an unreliable method for measuring obesity — and now a group of experts ...

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