BMI, obesity

New Scientist on MSN2d
A new definition of obesity could help treat millions of people
Obesity is typically assessed by measuring someone's body mass index, but now researchers are calling for a more nuanced ...
Novo Nordisk says its obesity drug in higher dose shows 20.7% weight loss
Novo Nordisk said a higher dose of its drug Wegovy led to greater weight loss in patients during a late-stage trial, but the ...
The Economist2d
Is obesity a disease?
By coincidence (they started before GLP -1 drugs were approved for slimming), a group of 56 doctors have just answered that ...
New guidelines encourage doctors to move beyond BMI for diagnosing obesity
A new report says only using BMI to determine if a patient has obesity leads to under-diagnosing people who are ill and ...
Why hasn’t Black obesity become a national healthcare crisis? Justice B. Hill
Despite the staggering impact of obesity on the Black community, columnist Justice B. Hill argues that the issue has been ...
El País in English1h
What are the limits in the fight against obesity? Ozempic owner disappoints the market
Novo Nordisk, the largest European company by market capitalization, has achieved worse than expected results for its new slimming drug CagriSema ...
Overhaul of obesity diagnosis will change its treatment
The way clinicians diagnose obesity is set to change with new guidelines acknowledging that not all obese have the same ...
Explainer: What Wegovy's inclusion in Medicare price negotiation means for patients, company
The U.S. government on Friday announced a list of 15 prescription medicines targeted for Medicare price negotiations for 2027 ...