Over 75 medical organisations worldwide have endorsed the new definitions, reflecting a growing consensus for reform.

BMI, a widely used measure, has long been criticized for being too simplistic. It calculates obesity based only on height and ...

A new report notes that the amount of belly fat a patient has is a more useful metric for determining obesity than ...

A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial ...

A new report published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology challenges the conventional reliance on Body Mass Index (BMI) ...

Obesity affects over 1 billion people globally, with 40 percent of U.S. adults classified as obese under the present ...

Experts say clinical obesity is more than a high BMI and instead is a disease in which excess body fat harms tissues, organs or doing daily activities.

EXCLUSIVE — Healthcare insurance plans could undergo ... according to legislative text first shared with the Washington Examiner. Specifically, the bill would increase annual contributions ...

(RTTNews) - Syra Health Corp. (SYRA), a healthcare technology company, on Tuesday announced that it has secured a new workforce contract with the Washington D.C. government valued at up to $1 million.

LIMITED GROWTH in public health pending in the 2025 national budget could delay progress towards Universal Health Care (UHC), Fitch Solutions unit BMI said. The UHC Act or Republic Act 11223 aims to ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — Ringing in the new year means new laws in both Washington and Idaho. Three laws in particular regarding the healthcare industry will see an impact on both staff and patients in ...

A common breakfast food that many of us add to our cereal each morning is associated with a lower BMI and could even boost your gut health. In fact, the full-fat version of Greek yoghurt is linked ...