Move aside, longevity bros. These doctors and researchers have something to say—and an audience more than ready to listen.

Fitness trackers often fail people with obesity by underestimating their energy burn, leading to discouraging results and misguided health data. A scientist's frustrating experience in an exercise ...

Women with higher levels of body fat sometimes struggle to conceive and can face greater health risks during pregnancy.

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In a nutshell Most commercial fitness trackers provide inaccurate calorie burn estimates for people with obesity, due to differences in body shape, movement, and gait that these devices weren’t ...

A phenotype-based profiling test can help predict whether a patient might respond better to one antiobesity medicine or ...

For many, fitness trackers have become indispensable tools for monitoring how many calories they've burned in a day. But for those living with obesity, who are known to exhibit differences in walking ...

Remember former Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) who got censured for pulling the fire alarm in the Capitol Building as lawmakers ...

A new algorithm enables smartwatch fitness trackers to more accurately monitor energy expenditure of people with obesity ...

Scientists at Northwestern University have developed a new algorithm that enables smartwatches to more accurately monitor the calories burned by people with obesity during various physical activities.

Some patients are aiming to lower their BMIs in order to increase their fertility; others are aiming to manage BMI-related ...