Poll: About half of Americans approve of using weight-loss drugs to treat obesity
More U.S. adults believe it is a good thing than a bad thing for adults to use weight-loss drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy and ...
RFK Jr.'s insistence that the government ignores chronic disease is misguided
In his testimony this week, Kennedy claimed that infectious diseases receive far more federal funding than chronic diseases.
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A new definition of obesity goes beyond BMI. What this could mean for you
Recently, an international commission proposed a revised definition of obesity that focuses on ... adjunct associate professor at George Washington University. She previously was Baltimore ...
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About half of Americans approve of using weight-loss drugs to treat obesity, AP-NORC poll finds
Dr. Gitanjali Srivastava, the medical director of obesity medicine at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine ... Sanders reported from Washington. The AP-NORC poll of 1,147 adults was conducted ...
A new definition of obesity goes beyond BMI. What this could mean for you
A commission proposed a new definition of obesity focused on how excess fat affects the body, rather than assessing body mass index, that could change clinical care.
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Here are the health pros and cons of GLP-1RA weight loss drugs
New GLP-1RA weight loss drugs like Like Ozempic and Wegovy have become extremely popular in recent months but researchers ...
Obesity Won't Be Solely Defined by BMI Under New Plan for Diagnosis by Global Experts
New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and also take into account health problems from extra weight and other measurements ...