A study of nearly 18,000 Iranian adults found that simple waist- and triglyceride-based indexes, particularly the lipid ...

A coalition of Hispanic and health organizations is urging New Mexico to expand Medicaid coverage for weight loss drugs, citing potential to reduce obesity-related health disparities.

A blood-based Metabolic Vulnerability Index combining inflammation and metabolic malnutrition markers strongly predicted ...

Health data only becomes meaningful when measurements are interpreted within their proper context, methodology, timeframe, ...

Health experts say your waist measurement may reveal more about your metabolic health than the bathroom scale. Here's how to ...

"My feet are so cold in the winter that I can't fall asleep," or "Is wearing socks to bed actually counterproductive?" Many ...

A new global definition of clinical obesity classifies far fewer children as obese than the widely used body mass index (BMI) ...

Body fat fails to guarantee wellness since vital physical systems require adequate lipid reserves for proper daily function.

Taking out the trash is a chore that even our cells cannot escape. Through a process known as autophagy, they place misshapen ...

Welcome to “Ask the Expert,” a UTHealth Houston news series where our leading experts examine pressing health challenges. In this edition, we address child obesity to support Childhood Obesity ...

A new weight-loss drug from Eli Lilly (NYSE:LLY) may reset the bar for treating obesity and helping adults with type 2 ...