More than 150,000 households face impact as SNAP benefits eligibility restrictions 2026 roll out with stricter rules this week. Florida has...

The World Health Organization has unveiled new recommendations indicating that revolutionary weight-loss drugs could play a vital role in a...

Semaglutide, the active ingredient in Novo's Wegovy and Ozempic, and tirzepatide, sold as Zepbound and Mounjaro by Lilly, are so effective ...

WHO's draft guidelines only apply to people with a BMI above 30, in some high-income countries like the United States, the drugs are also r...

The Ministry of Women and Child Development is urging states to reduce edible oil consumption due to rising obesity rates, particularly amo...

New obesity criteria for Indians now include waist circumference and waist-to-height ratio. Abdominal obesity is indicated when waist excee...

A new report from global experts calls for redefining obesity beyond the traditional body mass index (BMI) measurement. The experts propose...

Experts recommend reevaluating the diagnosis and treatment of obesity by moving beyond BMI to a more comprehensive health assessment. They ...

China's new guidelines to standardise obesity diagnosis and treatment aim to tackle the escalating health crisis, with over half of adults ...

Researchers have introduced a new diagnostic approach for obesity, focusing on waist-to-height ratio alongside BMI to better assess health ...

More than 4 billion people would be morbidly obese within the next 12 years.

The food regulator had issued draft guidelines on wholesome and nutritious food availability in schools to control junk food consumption am...

China probably hopes that the scrapping of its one-child policy – which had led to chubby ‘little emperors’ – will thin out averages, too, ...

The study found that parents are additionally more likely to underestimate their child's weight if they are Black or south Asian.

A sugarrich diet is a major cause of obesity, which can lead to diabetes, heart disease and plenty of other deadly and debilitating ailment...

For tobacco screening, the app prompted nurses to ask not just about cigarettes but also about other products such as chewing tobacco.

A group of food & beverages (F&B) companies, including Hindustan Unilever, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Kellogg’s, have come together to stop mar...