The condition is better measured by looking at factors like inflammation, insulin resistance, and glucose tolerance, ...

An international team of doctors proposed a new way to define obesity that's not based solely on BMI. Here's what they ...

Obesity experts have thrown aside their BMI charts as they reveal it is possible to be both ... Some 29 per cent of adults ...

Gut microbiota plays a critical role in childhood obesity by influencing energy metabolism, inflammation, and appetite ...

New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and also take into account health ...

The BMI-percentile-for-age calculator automatically adjusts for differences ... a Kids' Healthy Me learning tool, and links to Childhood Obesity resources on the Internet. If you suspect a medical ...

Experts say clinical obesity is more than a high BMI and instead is a disease in which excess body fat harms tissues, organs or doing daily activities.

An international committee of scientists has proposed changing the way obesity is defined and diagnosed. The proposal adds ...

A new Lancet Commission - made up of more than 50 experts from around the world - said that a 'radical overhaul' is needed in ...

Discover how pre-pregnancy exposure to air pollution can elevate childhood obesity risk and the significance of reducing it.

The term overweight is no more a part of the India-specific obesity guidelines that were revised after nearly 15 years and ...