Since expenditures are heavily skewed, the top 5 percent of patients by cost contribute a disproportionate amount to the mean ...

A recent study introduces an innovative method for analyzing body composition using advanced 3D imaging and deep learning ...

A majority with overweight/obesity discontinue within a year, but the rate is higher among those without type 2 diabetes.

In his testimony this week, Kennedy claimed that infectious diseases receive far more federal funding than chronic diseases.

A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial body mass index and hoping to better identify people who need treatment for ...

New poll shows about half of U.S. adults believe it is a good thing for adults to use weight-loss drugs if they are ...

These weight loss medications, administered via injections, work by mimicking a hormone called GLP-1, which helps regulate appetite and blood sugar levels.

Recently, an international commission proposed a revised definition of obesity that focuses on ... adjunct associate professor at George Washington University. She previously was Baltimore ...

(CNN) — For years, medical experts have defined obesity primarily based on body ... and adjunct associate professor at George Washington University. She previously was Baltimore’s health ...

Krolczyk was supposed to give a talk titled, “Protect Women from Men: The Threat of the Trans Agenda” at the University of Washington, but was not able to speak because of protests organized ...