Rhythm Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:RYTM) announced Monday that its lead asset, setmelanotide, reached the main goal in a pivotal ...

A new study reveals that people with severe obesity face a significantly higher risk of developing 16 chronic health ...

The prevalence of metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease, chronic kidney disease, and obstructive sleep ...

Waist-to-height ratio should be used in conjunction with BMI to assess overweight and obesity in children and adolescents, a ...

New research suggests that a larger waist circumference is a bigger risk factor than body mass index (BMI) for ...

Findings of a study comparing waist circumference to BMI for predicting the development of obesity-related cancers show that ...

Body mass index (BMI), which is measured by taking a person’s body weight and dividing the square of their height, has long ...

Specifically, a child is three to four times more likely to become an obese adult if their mom was obese, researchers ...

Administration officials reversed a decision made during the Biden presidency that would have given millions of people access ...

These issues are becoming increasingly important with the emergence of the GLP-1 agonist class of drugs, which include ...

A study published Wednesday indicates that low levels of a key brain chemical among overweight patients with high-fat diets ...