A joint investigation by KFF Health News and NBC News found that cosmetic surgery chains have been the target of scores of ...

Using cutting-edge artificial intelligence, the scientists created a tool called MAgeNet that uses a simple blood test to ...

Weight is a visible, cheap and easy metric – but it doesn’t reflect what matters most: diet quality, physical activity, blood ...

It would work, for a while, and she would lose some weight. Ultimately, however, “I couldn’t get over the obsession with food ...

A smart scale can help you stay consistent and accountable in a variety of ways. Most even have multiple user profiles, so ...

The report, published in the Annals of Family Medicine in June, found that BMI is unreliable at predicting a person’s risk of ...

People in richer countries aren t moving less they re just eating more. A new Duke study shows that diet, not laziness, is ...

The new drug forces fat cells to produce more energy and doesn't impact appetite or muscle mass, unlike some existing ...

A groundbreaking new study has revealed that your DNA may predict whether you’re likely to develop obesity—years before symptoms emerge.

The global prevalence of OA attributed to high BMI has steadily increased over the past 3 decades, particularly among women and in high-SDI regions.

For decades now, obesity has been defined by a number on a scale or where you land on the body mass index (BMI) measure. But ...

Body mass index (BMI) may not provide the most accurate screening for skeletal muscle deficits among youth with pediatric‐onset inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), according to a study in the Journal of ...