Calculating your ideal body weight (IBW) can help you gain some insight into your possible risk for weight-related health conditions. However, this tool doesn’t always provide an accurate assessment.

“Imagine a person who is 220 pounds and has energy needs of 2,500 calories per day,” said Cátia Martins, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Nutrition Sciences in the UAB School of Health ...

Most people think of weight loss as a math problem: calories in versus calories out. In reality, your body sees it as a survival threat. When calorie intake falls or body fat decreases, biological ...

New approaches to obesity treatment are emerging as scientists target underexplored metabolic pathways with the help of artificial intelligence. Demand for better obesity medicines is rising quickly, ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to author Virginia Sole-Smith about the future of the body positivity movement in the wake of weight loss drugs like Ozempic. It's taken some people years to work on loving ...