Minneapolis was ranked among the cities with the cleanest air, while Seattle was praised for its investment in green spaces and sanitation in a new study.

BMI (body mass index) has long been thought of as an indicator of how healthy someone is. The truth is a little more ...

Body mass index (BMI) is the tool doctors use to calculate whether someone is underweight, at a healthy weight, overweight or obese. But because BMI calculations can't tell the difference between body ...

Ozempic’s popularity for weight loss is growing, and according to a 2024 survey from KFF, about two in five adults in the US ...

Adults who developed severe obesity before the age of 18 are nearly three times more likely than those who developed the ...

In a stunning U-turn, the World Health Organization is gearing up to officially endorse weight-loss drugs to tackle obesity ...

Despite medical advances and lower disease rates, people in seven states are dying younger than 30 years ago, according to a ...

But here’s the problem: in a region where malnutrition and diet-related illnesses are growing threats, understanding what’s ...

Work has begun in the UK on developing new tests that will spot if someone has “fat genes”. The project, which seeks to ...

New multidisciplinary research shows that the brain forms memories of cold experiences and uses them to control our metabolism. The study shows that cold memories form in the brain -- and map out how ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — In January, Nicole Albanese, PharmD, clinical associate professor of pharmacy practice in the University at ...

American researchers - who tracked almost 300 people from pregnancy until they turned 24 - found those who had lived in areas ...