A larger body doesn’t necessarily mean you have ‘clinical obesity’, according to a proposed new definition of the disease.

A crude measure of weight relative to height, BMI is commonly used to diagnose obesity—even though many experts and ...

BMI falls short as a way to measure obesity. Doctors need to also determine whether body fat harms a person's health.

Our reframing acknowledges the nuanced reality of obesity and allows for personalized care,” said Dr. Francesco Rubino of ...

A study by researchers at Wayne State University links exposure to air pollution to an increased risk of type 2 diabetes.

The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday proposed requiring new nutrition labels on the front of food and beverage ...

Sana Biotechnology said a type 1 diabetes (T1D) patient received an allogeneic primary islet cell transplantation without ...

In a small randomized trial, people who took capsules containing donated gut microbiomes experienced fewer gastrointestinal ...

Eli Lilly shares fell after the drugmaker warned that sales of its hot diabetes and anti-obesity drugs are growing more slowly than expected. Lilly now expects fourth-quarter sales of $3.5 billion for ...

A popular diabetes drug can provide protection against skin cancers, a new study says.Metformin significantly reduces ...

The KU Clinical Osteoarthritis Research Team is conducting studies aimed at helping people with or who are at-risk for ...