BMI doesn’t account for fat distribution or distinguish between harmful, visceral fat and protective, subcutaneous fat. By ...

While obesity is a known risk factor for heart disease, a new study showed that the ratio of a person's waist measurement compared to their height is more reliable than body mass index (BMI) at ...

Viking Therapeutics, Inc. (Viking) (NASDAQ: VKTX), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel therapies for metabolic and endocrine disorders, today announced the ...

Obesity severity is incrementally associated with a broad range of cardiometabolic and renal disease burden, as discovered by ...

Protein hydrolysates are produced by breaking down proteins into short protein fragments (peptides) and amino acids. They are ...

Obesity severity is incrementally associated with a broad range of cardiometabolic and renal disease burden, as discovered by ...

New criteria that put greater emphasis on body composition to diagnose obesity show greater prevalence of the disease in the ...

Higher body mass index (BMI) after diagnosis is linked to better survival outcomes in patients with localized renal cell ...

A new study suggests your weight-to-height ratio may reveal heart disease risk more accurately than BMI. Subjects with larger ...

UTA has signed singer-songwriter, actress and model FKA twigs for worldwide representation in all areas.

This would not be the first time that public-health experts have prematurely celebrated the peak of America’s obesity crisis.

Autism spectrum disorder affects up to 1 per cent of children globally, leading to social communication and behavioral ...