A commission proposed a new definition of obesity focused on how excess fat affects the body, rather than assessing body mass index, that could change clinical care.
A front-of-package food label would be a great educational tool. The Trump administration should keep it.
The way the world defines obesity has been in need of an overhaul, according to some experts, and it could be coming soon thanks to a new set of standards.
New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and take into account health problems from extra weight and other measurements.
A new study finds that three quarters of American adults and half of adolescents are too heavy. That's making more of us sick and creating enormous health care costs.
Bill Cassidy said in a statement. “It will help us to better understand obesity and that will, in turn, inform policy making in Washington, D.C.” Pennington, a campus of LSU, has been a ...
Maps show the U.S. states with the healthiest diets, based on fruit and vegetables, alcohol, food insecurity, and diseases.
Healthcare stocks have been under the weather for the past few years, underperforming the broader market’s rally despite surges for obesity drugmakers Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk. But the sector is off to a healthy start in 2025.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s anti-vaccine advocacy is outside the mainstream. His previous statements on abortion could alienate Republicans. But a new poll finds that not all of his controversial health goals are unpopular — in fact, at least one has broad support among Democrats and Republicans.
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WASHINGTON — When President Donald Trump tapped Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to become the nation’s top health official, his administration inherited a sprawling list of ideas to “Make America Healthy Again,” from banning TV drug advertisements to dropping restrictions on raw milk.
For years, medical experts have defined obesity primarily based on body mass index, which measures stored fat by calculating height and weight, to determine a person’s health risks.