For people who are obese and have type 2 diabetes, using Ozempic and other GLP-1 agonist drugs cuts the all-cause mortality rate by 30%, according to a new Use of GLP-1 agonists also cut the risk that ...

A growing cohort of experts is trying to redefine what it means for women to achieve peak longevity goals through nutrition, ...

Optimal heart health from birth through adolescence, as measured by a combination of metrics, leads to long-lasting cardiovascular and overall physical, cognitive and mental health, according to the ...

Millions more Americans could be classified as obese under a shocking new measurement from Europe. Researchers in Israel analyzed data on 44,000 adults in the US, including nearly 15,000 marked as ...

Obesity is uncommon among Hadza hunter-gatherers in Tanzania, Tsimane forager-farmers in Bolivia, Tuvan herder-farmers in Siberia, and other people in less-developed nations. But it’s widespread among ...

While people living in the lowest-income census tract quartile (Q1) lost more life expectancy than the highest-income group ...

The European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO) framework may offer a more sensitive measure of obesity than traditional body mass index (BMI).

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, countries around the globe saw unprecedented causalities and increased mortality. While many ...

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

Northwestern will open the brand-new Ryan Field, a 35,000 seat, first-of-its-kind (and most expensive) college football stadium in the United States. While it will only be a fraction of ...

A new study released in JAMA finds life expectancy has still not bounced back from pre-pandemic 2019 levels, attributing the ...