Comprehensive study exposes critical health risks of obesity, including diabetes, heart disease, and cancer, while offering ...
Scholar Rock submitted its BLA of apitegromab for the treatment of patients with Spinal Muscular Atrophy with a request for ...
Wegovy is a GLP-1 agonist containing semaglutide, the same active ingredient as Ozempic. While both medications share this ...
Many adolescents and young women gain weight in the years after breast reduction surgery – particularly those who were at a healthy body mass index (BMI) before surgery, reports a paper in the ...
Obesity has been an ongoing struggle for many consumers, and for years, body mass index (BMI) has been the key metric health ...
The number does not capture a person's muscle mass; where on their body fat is stored; or how their race, ethnicity and ...
However, this classification system assumes that weight alone is a reliable indicator of health, disregarding important ...
The way the world defines obesity has been in need of an overhaul, according to some experts, and it could be coming soon ...
The commission recommends a shift away from relying solely on BMI to more accurately define obesity as a disease.
For years, medical experts have defined obesity primarily based on body mass index, which measures stored fat by calculating ...
Effective treatment of childhood obesity significantly lowers long-term health risks, including type 2 diabetes and ...