The commission recommends a shift away from relying solely on BMI to more accurately define obesity as a disease.

Effective treatment of childhood obesity significantly lowers long-term health risks, including type 2 diabetes and ...

The author of a new guidebook on GLP-1s and other experts share their tips for how clinicians can optimize patient success ...

A commission proposed a new definition of obesity focused on how excess fat affects the body, rather than assessing body mass index, that could change clinical care.

Whatever form it takes, successful treatment reverses the changes in brain circuitry that make substance use hard to control. Yet many factors other than biology must be addressed for treatment to ...