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

New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and take into account health ...

T he newest weight-loss drugs, Wegovy and Zepbound, are incredibly popular. But doctors are still learning about all of the ...

Cummings, a commissioner and professor of medicine at the University of Washington, told The Post that’s being studied. This graphic shows how clinical and preclinical obesity should be diagnosed.

A major new study has revealed a long list of benefits and some little-known risks of Ozempic and other GLP-1 medications.

an obesity expert at the University of Washington and one of the 58 authors of the recent report published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology journal. The report introduces two new diagnostic ...

As demand for weight-loss injections sold under brand names such as Ozempic and Wegovy continues to soar, a study has ...

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

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

In a statement to PBS News, Dr. David Cummings — an obesity expert at the University of Washington and another researcher on the commission — said that the goal of the new report is “to get ...