NHS ordered to ensure doctors record tens of millions of patients body mass index so they can identify if their weight is ...

The size of a man’s waistband is a better predictor of cancer risk than traditional body mass index (BMI) measurements, ...

Fortunes are being blown on injectable hopes of a slimmer future but a simpler and cheaper alternative could actually be in ...

This commission has been trying to deal with a more accurate way of diagnosing and classifying obesity in the first place. 'No system - the NHS or others - have had these methods yet - I think ...

Overweight patients should be weighed every year so doctors can keep an eye on them, the NHS watchdog says. New draft ...

Very few people are currently being prescribed drugs for weight loss on the NHS in Scotland, research by BBC Scotland News ...

Sir Keir Starmer must urgently address problems with the NHS or risk missing out on future investment in Britain, the UK boss ...

A report says obesity can affect a person’s ability to work and their underlying mental health Obesity costs the United Kingdom National Health Service, NHS £5.1 billion per year, according to ...

The way we think about obesity is changing. A new definition and diagnostic framework for obesity has been put forward in a commission published by The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, recognizing ...

Obesity is not a cosmetic or social issue but ... Some fear there could be delays getting the drug on the NHS because it has not yet been assessed by rationing watchdogs. It has not yet been ...

FAT patients should be weighed every year so doctors can keep an eye on them, the NHS watchdog says. Closer monitoring of unhealthy people’s waistlines is being recommended by the National ...