Women with higher levels of body fat sometimes struggle to conceive and can face greater health risks during pregnancy.

Researchers at Northwestern University developed a new algorithm specifically for wrist-worn smartwatches that dramatically improves energy expenditure accuracy in people with obesity ...

Fitness trackers often fail people with obesity by underestimating their energy burn, leading to discouraging results and ...

Scientists at Northwestern University have developed a new algorithm that enables smartwatches to more accurately monitor the calories burned by people with obesity during various physical activities.

A multi-institutional team of researchers, including two Northwestern University engineers, has received up to $34 million from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) to fast-track ...

For all the talk of Ozempic, Mounjaro, Wegovy and other weight loss drugs being damn near miraculous, they come at a significant cost—literally. A new study from Northwestern University ...

Some patients are aiming to lower their BMIs in order to increase their fertility; others are aiming to manage BMI-related ...

Credit: Northwestern University The exercise class that motivated the research Alshurafa was motivated to create the algorithm after attending an exercise class with his mother-in-law who has obesity.