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 ...

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

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

Sociodemographic, health care, and clinical factors are associated with receipt of semaglutide in those with obesity ...

Comment: The focus on how BMI should be used may have overshadowed an equally, if not more important, suggestion proposed in a new report The post BMI a distraction from real obesity issues appeared ...

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

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 ...

Compared with poor response, good response to obesity treatment was associated with lower risk of type 2 diabetes (adjusted ...