About 1 in 5 classified as overweight based on BMI alone considered to have obesity according to European society definition.

The most prevalent complications among newly identified people with obesity were hypertension, arthritis, diabetes, and ...

The European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO) framework may offer a more sensitive measure of obesity than ...

To improve access to care, many professional organizations have advocated for classifying obesity as a disease. However, the ...

While a healthy lifestyle naturally has important benefits, yet seeking weight loss alone might not give an adequate picture ...

Older women with larger waist circumference may be at a much greater risk of dying for any given BMI, according to ...

As per a prospective cohort study, waist circumference along with BMI modestly improves the prediction of which postmenopausal women are at a higher risk for premature death.

Rhythm Pharmaceuticals is advancing its oral obesity drug bivamelagon to Phase III studies after it significantly reduced body mass index (BMI) in all three doses.

Paternal obesity was associated with rapid BMI growth trajectories among offspring, especially in the presence of maternal obesity.

A cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis examined the distribution of people by obesity level using the European ...