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

A larger body doesn’t necessarily mean you have ‘clinical obesity’, according to a proposed new definition of the disease.

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

An international commission made the case for focusing on body fat quantity and the illnesses people experience.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than two in five American adults have obesity, a common and ...

Obesity and type 2 diabetes are closely linked. Excess body fat can alter your body’s metabolic system, promote insulin resistance, and trigger inflammatory responses that affect how well your ...

The team categorized pediatric obesity treatment response, based on changes in body mass index standard deviation score, as ...

Over 75 medical organisations worldwide have endorsed the new definitions, reflecting a growing consensus for reform.

When obese children receive weight-loss treatment, the effects last throughout their lives, and their risk of significant ...

The person may have, however, an increased risk of developing clinical obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart disease and some types of cancer, the researchers noted. Clinical obesity is defined as "a ...