Weight Loss

An international committee of scientists has proposed a new way to determine excess body fat instead of just relying on body mass index (BMI). More than 50 experts in fields [...]

Whether it’s the exercise or the extra fries, everyone faces their own challenges when trying to lose weight. For many, though, losing belly fat is an extra challenge in [...]

Who needs gym gains when your doctor can prescribe Ozempic? According to a recent poll, over a quarter of Americans plan to turn to GLP-1 medications—like Ozempic—to [...]

Shaped by fads and one-size-fits-all approaches, current dietary practices rely on the idea that everyone needs the same food to achieve similar results, an idea challenged [...]

This article was reviewed by Craig Primack, MD, FACP, FAAP, FOMA. Losing weight. Improving fitness. Making smarter food choices. These were some of the most popular 2024 New [...]

Although bipartisan legislation to provide Medicare coverage for obesity treatments has circulated in Congress for more than a decade, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) [...]

Weight loss and restrictive diet culture are almost synonymous in our culture, meaning most people who want to lose fat start by cutting out the foods they [...]

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved Eli Lilly’s (LLY.N), opens new tab weight-loss treatment, Zepbound, for obstructive sleep apnea, [...]

I recently found myself lamenting to a friend about how all of my jeans were too tight. “I really just need to lose like 10 or 15 pounds,” I told her, half expecting her [...]

The long and painful era of dieting for weight loss is dying. It may even soon be dead. And no one wants to attend the funeral.  The practice of dieting dates back [...]