Findings of a study comparing waist circumference to BMI for predicting the development of obesity-related cancers show that ...

Obesity was tied with an increased risk of developing 16 health outcomes, a large longitudinal study showed. Risks correlated ...

Obesity and overweight refer to excessive fat accumulation. Addressing obesity and overweight conditions is crucial for ...

Body mass index (BMI), which is measured by taking a person’s body weight and dividing the square of their height, has long ...

A large majority of older Americans feel that health insurance—including Medicare—should cover anti-obesity medications, ...

WalletHub released a new analysis ranking America's most overweight cities, based on obesity rates, health consequences and ...

The obesity diagnosis has always been controversial. Now, a new clinical definition is raising even more questions.

Eating a healthy plant-based diet that includes vegetables, tea, and coffee may help people with cardiometabolic ...

Adults who had an above-average BMI, overweight or obesity during childhood have increased risk for developing chronic ...

New research presented at the Congress on Obesity reveals significant differences in body composition among people with ...

Obesity has long been classified as a global epidemic — and new data published in The Lancet journal spotlights how much worse it could get. A team of researchers found that in 2021, one billion men ...

Body mass index (BMI) was almost three times more likely to classify children as overweight as a waist circumference-to-height ratio, according to a new study.