Some patients are aiming to lower their BMIs in order to increase their fertility; others are aiming to manage BMI-related ...

A new University of Florida Health study shows that body mass index, or BMI — commonly used to measure obesity and health ...

Overweight and obesity are growing public health challenges in the Philippines. In just over two decades, the prevalence of overweight and obesity among Filipino adults has doubled, rising from 20% in ...

The urgent directive follows alarming findings by Lancet, the British medical journal, that projected a surge in overweight ...

Fat tissue secretes hormones known as adipokines. Patients with obesity have a larger amount of leptin than a normal ...

Obesity and heart failure often go together, making treatment more complicated. Now, health experts have released new ...

All primary schools in Carmarthenshire will have to offer two hours of physical education per week after council chiefs ...

Nearly half of obese children under 12 whose records were analysed were found to have high blood pressure, according to a ...

A WOMAN who has lost almost six stone in just nine months on Mounjaro has hit back at trolls calling it the “easy way out”.

A new study published in Scientific Reports found a woman’s waist circumference could be a better predictor of infertility than her actual weight. Being overweight is a known risk factor for ...

New body composition tests are replacing BMI as a more accurate way to assess health and fitness. Measuring muscle mass and ...