Instead of using the controversial body mass index, or BMI, to assess weight, an international group of scientists proposes an approach that looks at how excess body fat affects health

Councils need more support from central government to help bring down childhood obesity rates, a local authority has said. Ten years ago Gateshead Council used all the planning powers available at a local level to introduce a blanket ban on any new hot food takeaways in the area,

Obesity affects over 1 billion people globally, with 40 percent of U.S. adults classified as obese under the present framework,

An international commission made the case for focusing on body fat quantity and the illnesses people experience.

Knowsley has the highest proportion of obese and overweight 10 and 11 year olds in England, according to the NHS.

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.

Novo Nordisk said a higher dose of its drug Wegovy led to greater weight loss in patients during a late-stage trial, but the results fell short of the weight loss achieved with Eli Lilly's rival drug Zepbound,

A new report says only using BMI to determine if a patient has obesity leads to under-diagnosing people who are ill and over-diagnosing people who don't currently deal with the negative health consequences of obesity.

Official data shows that since 2019, this medication has been linked to 23 deaths and 1,179 serious adverse reactions in the UK

An MP is calling for tougher restrictions, including a new tax on fast food, to "turn the industry on its head". The government has already pledged to ban advertising of junk food to children before 21:00 GMT,

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