The Indian pot belly - once a badge of prosperity, indulgence and aging respectability - has long been a target of satire and ...

A group of children and adults with hypothalamic obesity receiving setmelanotide for 1 year had nearly a 20% greater BMI ...

Emotional eating and body dissatisfaction mediate links between BMI changes and mental health. These psychosocial factors ...

A new study from Lund University in Malmö, Sweden, revealed that waist circumference is a stronger risk indicator for obesity ...

Topline data were announced from a phase 3 trial evaluating setmelanotide for the treatment of acquired hypothalamic obesity.

Johns Hopkins University-led research has found that obesity, particularly severe obesity, is strongly associated with the ...

According to the latest data from the World Population Review (WPR) and the Global Obesity Observatory (GOO), American Samoa ...

Stifel analysts were bullish on the data, which showed a 16.5% drop in body-mass index among patients with damage to the ...

In bustling Mumbai, childhood obesity is quietly snowballing into full-blown health crisis; government survey flagged that 8 ...

Findings showed patients on setmelanotide saw a mean BMI reduction of 16.5% from baseline ... for the treatment of acquired hypothalamic obesity. Setmelanotide, a melanocortin-4 receptor agonist ...

The figure has risen by 50 per cent over the past two decades, which experts have put down to sedentary lifestyles driven by ...

Rhythm's Phase 3 trial shows setmelanotide significantly reduced BMI in rare hypothalamic obesity without new safety concerns over 52 weeks.