Being overweight is defined as having more body fat than is ideal for good health. Body mass index (BMI) is a measuring tool to define whether a person is in the overweight category. While overweight ...

Obesity is a chronic condition that's progressive and often happens again after it seemed to be resolved . It's determined by your body mass index (BMI), a measure of body fat. You calculate your BMI ...

Obesity is often defined as having a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or higher. However, there are actually three different classes of obesity, and they’re organized according to severity. Obesity is a ...

Connoisseurs of the original Dr. Now show, “My 600-lb Life” on TLC will likely notice a significant difference between that show and the new obesity docuseries Lifetime introduced this week. The new ...

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The winner of this year's Marie Heim-Vögtlin Prize is Maria Luisa Balmer. The SNSF is awarding her the prize for her research into intestinal bacteria and their role in the development of diabetes and ...

Treating extreme obesity involves gradual medically guided weight loss, medication, and sometimes surgery. Support groups and talking with a mental health professional can help. Extreme obesity, also ...

*Unsolicited advice from a travel nurse / RN is falling on the deaf ears of a morbidly obese TikTok user. Under the TikTok handle @travelnursecurtis, RN Curtis attempted to help fellow social media ...

Michigan to Limit Medicaid Coverage for Weight Loss Drugs to People With Diabetes, Morbid Obesity Michigan’s new bipartisan state budget will limit Medicaid coverage of a group of weight loss drugs ...

A Body Mass Index is a rough estimate of body composition that is used to define an unhealthy versus healthy weight. It is body mass divided by height squared (kg/m2). A BMI under 18.5 is consider ...