The World Health Organization will recommend using weight-loss drugs to treat obesity in adults, according to draft guidance ...

PEDS trial shows tirzepatide delivers durable glycemic control and weight benefit in youth with type 2 diabetes, the first therapy to show this effect.

It is possible to be "fat but fit", new research being presented at the annual meeting of the European Association for the ...

It is possible to be "fat but fit," new research presented at the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of ...

Being slightly overweight might not shorten your life, but being very thin might. A large Danish study tracking more than ...

New research from Denmark challenges long-held assumptions about body weight and health, revealing that being overweight—or even moderately obese—does not necessarily increase the risk of death ...

Patients with a BMI of less than 23.1 showed 40 percent higher odds of 30-day mortality, compared to patients in the middle range (26.3-29.7) for BMI, according to research published in the Archives ...

A Danish study reveals that people who are underweight or at the lower end of the normal BMI range may face a greater risk of ...

Higher BMI was associated with improved survival among patients with prostate cancer, especially those with metastatic disease.

When you go in for a wellness exam, oftentimes the first things the medical assistant does is take your height and weight. With this data, the computer spits out your body mass index (BMI) number.

Study findings suggest BMI may be crucial in the prognosis and optimal management of CAP among patients with NTM-PD.