Johns Hopkins University researchers have found that nearly all adults identified as having obesity based on body mass index ...

Your Body Mass Index (BMI) is often an indicator to diagnose obesity. Combating obesity is paramount to overall health. According to The National Health Institute, 1 in 3 adults are considered ...

New research to be presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2025, Malaga, Spain, 11-14 May) shows that the internationally recognized body mass index (BMI) cut-off points greatly ...

Topline data were announced from a phase 3 trial evaluating setmelanotide for the treatment of acquired hypothalamic obesity.

Waist-to-height ratio should be used in conjunction with BMI to assess overweight and obesity in children and adolescents, a researcher reported in a study published in Obesity and Endocrinology.

The researchers called for further study to understand the mechanism of the relationship between obesity and ICI outcomes.

More than half of the setmelanotide group had a BMI reduction of at least 15% during the trial. A group of children and adults with hypothalamic obesity receiving ... of at least 10%, 51% reduced ...

Acquired hypothalamic obesity is a rare ... a statistically significant and clinically meaningful reduction in body mass index (BMI) with setmelanotide in adult and pediatric patients versus ...

80% of patients on setmelanotide saw ≥5% BMI reduction after 52 weeks ... for the treatment of acquired hypothalamic obesity. Acquired hypothalamic obesity is a rare, non-genetic form of ...

The body mass index (BMI) chart helps determine obesity levels in both women and men. Healthcare providers also use it to ...