Teens’ phones were monitored across the country, revealing 90 minute usage during school hours, according to a new JAMA ...

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Europe's largest pharmaceutical firm, Novo Nordisk, revealed positive trial results for its next-generation obesity drug, amycretin, marking a major step in its competition within the increasingly ...

Obesity estimates for Aboriginal groups are based on single responses for Aboriginal identity. For the purposes of this report, the term "First Nations off-reserve " is used in lieu of "North American ...

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Hospitals must adopt a zero tolerance approach to “unsafe and unacceptable” corridor care, medical leaders have demanded. The Royal College of Physicians is urging the NHS to ensure patients ...

A group of 58 researchers is calling for a new, better way to measure obesity. The global team’s recommendations were published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology on Jan. 14. Body mass index ...

LONDON – Medical experts proposed a radical overhaul of how obesity is diagnosed, moving away from relying on body mass alone and adding broader measurements such as heart health. The ...

The newest weight-loss drugs, Wegovy and Zepbound, are incredibly popular. But doctors are still learning about all of the ways they affect the body—both helpful and harmful—beyond reducing ...

The Lancet medical journal’s Diabetes & Endocrinology Commission last week proposed a new definition and method for diagnosing obesity, beyond simply looking at a person’s Body Mass Index (BMI), the ...

A new report argues that body mass index or BMI is not the most accurate way to define obesity. BMI is only a measure of a person’s weight and height and does not account for muscle mass.

When children with obesity undergo weight-loss treatment, the effects have repercussions later in life and the risk of serious health problems and premature death is lower as they reach young ...