Climate change has brought both fiercer rains and deeper droughts, leaving the city with brush like kindling—and the ...

A new study establishes that soda consumption is doing ever more damage to health — with rising rates of diabetes in regions ...

Soda was a rare treat when Richmond Aryeetey was growing up in Ghana in the 1980s ... calories can increase your risk of heart disease, obesity, diabetes and cancer. But this report brings ...

New guidance from a team of health experts around the world proposes expanding the definition of obesity beyond the popular body mass index (BMI) measure. The new guidance comes from the ...

Amid the rising buzz around Ozempic and similar weight-loss drugs, a group of 58 researchers is challenging the way obesity is defined and diagnosed, arguing that current methods fail to capture ...

A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial body mass index and hoping to better identify people who need treatment ...

The new definitions aim to resolve any conflict in medical circles over whether obesity is a disease or just a risk factor. Global health leaders have proposed a “dramatic overhaul” of the way ...