This new definition, published January 14 in the journal ... Wen is an emergency physician and adjunct associate professor at George Washington University. She previously was Baltimore’s health ...

For years, medical experts have defined obesity primarily based on body mass index, which measures stored fat by calculating height and weight, to determine a person’s health risks.

The goal of the Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology Commission on the Definition and Diagnosis of Clinical Obesity was to develop an approach to this definition and diagnosis. The commission, established ...

Adjunct faculty are highly qualified individuals who provide valuable services to our students and to the University. They may teach lower level courses to first-year students, specialized upper-level ...

Salary increases for full-time faculty have outpaced pay raises for part-time faculty during the past decade – a trend adjunct faculty union members said they are trying to address in part-time ...