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

By Dr. Priyom Bose, Ph.D. Factors such as sex, type of insurance plan, and the use of common medications influenced whether ...

Overweight scores continue from 25-30. And over 30 is obese. Quetelet merely used this early calculation as a descriptor. He did not make any medical proclamations. The Quetelet Index became ...

People are being “overdiagnosed” with obesity, leading medics have warned as they called for a “reframing” of the way the ...

Despite the staggering impact of obesity on the Black community, columnist Justice B. Hill argues that the issue has been ...

A Medscape survey found that a strong majority of physicians believe high-risk patients should have easier access to new weight loss drugs.

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

Most people know that body fat stored around the midsection can spell disaster for cardiovascular health. But Harvard ...

MANY fat people do not actually need to lose weight, scientists claim. They say a significant number are perfectly healthy and obesity is “overdiagnosed”. Scientists reckon many people classed ...

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

The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology Commission, made up of more than 50 experts, has called for a ‘radical overhaul’ in how ...

Evidence for the positive effects of intermittent fasting continues to mount: a new study shows that for people with obesity, ...