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Medicare beneficiaries will soon be able to get obesity and Type 2 diabetes drugs for a $50 copay. But there are some ...

Health conditions such as anorexia can lead to extreme weight loss and starvation. Learn how losing too much weight can affect the body and what treatment can look like.

A Concordia-led research team has created one of the first reference charts showing how children's adipose (fat) and muscle levels change with age and sex—a breakthrough that could help identify young ...

Doctors are increasingly looking beyond body mass index (BMI) and waist size to better understand how fat distribution in the ...