All things considered, it’s at least as likely to make health outcomes worse as it is to make most people healthier.

Major heart health risk factors like obesity, diabetes and high blood pressure remain on the rise in the United States, ...

China is aiming to beef up physical education in schools, making it core to the curriculum rather than a secondary subject, ...

A commission proposed a new definition of obesity focused on how excess fat affects the body, rather than assessing body mass ...

Novo Nordisk shares were 9.5% higher after the pharmaceutical giant said an experimental weight-loss shot showed patients ...

A new study uncovers a novel mechanism through which brown fat is transformed into heat, offering protection against ...

Indian biopharma company Biocon reported third-quarter revenue on Thursday that fell about 3% when compared with the year-earlier period, which included revenue from its domestic branded formulation ...

Obesity has been an ongoing struggle for many consumers, and for years, body mass index (BMI) has been the key metric health ...

A group of 58 researchers is calling for a new, better way to measure obesity and excess body fat that goes beyond BMI.

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.

Childhood obesity continues to be a growing problem in out country. So, should the government regulate food advertising like it did with cigarettes?