Major public health organizations, including the World Health Organization ... Conversely, lowering BMI is associated with a reduction in these risks. Despite BMI’s ubiquity of use by health care ...

Is obesity a risk factor or a disease? This debate shapes treatments, policies, and eating disorder care. Explore its impact ...

When the plague, cholera and yellow fever rippled deadly waves across a newly industrialised and interconnected world in the mid-19th century, taking a global approach to health became an imperative.

More than half of Americans believe the U.S. benefits from its membership in the WHO. As of April 2024, 25% of U.S. adults ...

The health care community has redefined the requirements for clinical obesity, noting BMI shouldn’t be the sole barometer of ...

The experts said they aimed to make diagnosis more precise, which could help better use healthcare ... as well as the World Obesity Federation. World Health Organization experts served on the ...

BUENOS AIRES — Argentina’s president has ordered the country’s withdrawal from the World Health Organization due to “profound differences” with the U.N. agency, a presidential ...

The World Health Organization called on the US to reconsider President Donald Trump’s decision to exit the agency, suggesting the move could undermine global health security. The planned ...

As public health experts had feared, he announced an order to withdraw the U.S. from the World Health Organization ... such as expanding health care access and running vaccination programs ...

Obesity needs a new definition, argues a global group of health experts. For over 75 years, obesity has been called a disease by the World Health Organization ... and health care systems to ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday said it “regrets” President Trump’s move to withdraw from the global health authority, saying it hopes the U.S. will reconsider the decision.

Major public health organizations, including the World Health Organization ... and obtain an individual’s BMI. Despite BMI’s ubiquity of use by health care professionals, it’s far from ...