The Biden administration has proposed a new rule that would allow Medicare and Medicaid to cover popular weight-loss medications like Wegovy and Zepbound ...

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A new study reveals nearly half of adolescents and three-quarters of adults in the U.S. were classified as being clinically ...

Without urgent intervention, our study forecasts that more than 80% of adults and close to 60% of adolescents will be ...

The man, whose age was not revealed by the court, has since “expressed his intention to fulfill his military duty sincerely,” ...

Starting Jan. 1, the Employee Medical Health Plan of Suffolk County will require monitoring, counseling, a higher body mass ...

Under the proposal, only those who are considered obese — someone who has a body mass index of 30 or higher — would qualify ...

The overall average body fat percentage in the United States is about 39.9% for women and 28.1% for men, so below these amounts would technically be “below average.” However, most people in the United ...

Introduction: Aortic valve disease (AVD) is common among older adults. Although body mass index (BMI) has been reported to be a risk factor for aortic valve stenosis (AS), it is unknown whether BMI or ...

Objective The purpose of this review was to assess the joint relationship of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and Body Mass Index (BMI) on both cardiovascular disease (CVD) and all-cause mortality risk ...