Body mass index (BMI), a simple calculation based on a person’s weight and height, may hold clues about the early stages of ...

If the proposal is finalized, it could set the stage for a showdown between the pharmaceutical industry and the Trump ...

Millions of Americans would be eligible to have popular weight-loss drugs like Wegovy or Ozempic covered by Medicare and ...

不记得从什么时候开始，体检报告上身高体重的后面增加了一项体重指数，即BMI指数（Body Mass ...

Medicare has been barred from offering the drugs under a decades-old law that prohibits the government-backed insurance ...

A genetic predisposition to having lower insulin production and less healthy fat distribution are major causes of early-onset type 2 diabetes in British Asian people.

A South Korean man has been convicted of evading compulsory military service by eating so much he became too obese to fight.

A genetic predisposition to having lower insulin production and less healthy fat distribution are major causes of early-onset type 2 diabetes in British Asian people. According to new research from ...

Approximately 16% of the global population, or about 890 million people, suffer from obesity. The World Health Organization (WHO) has recognized obesity as a significant health issue and highlighted ...

Under the proposal, only those who are considered obese — someone who has a body mass index of 30 or higher — would qualify ...

The researchers used the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging, a prospective cohort study of community-dwelling older adults.

GLP-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) have the potential to negatively impact muscle mass because they can cause substantial ...