The average American woman weighs about 170 pounds and stands about 5 feet, 4 inches tall. But it’s important to remember ...

A recent study shows that Thailand has the third-highest child obesity rate among ASEAN countries. About 84.1% of kids aged 6-14 regularly snack on salty foods.

Childhood obesity is on the rise and is becoming an epidemic in our country and worldwide. The consequences of childhood ...

Objective Limited research has assessed the association between patterns of body mass index (BMI) change across adulthood and ... Setting Melbourne, Australia. Participants Adults (n=29 881) enrolled ...

New guidance from a team of health experts around the world proposes expanding the definition of obesity beyond the popular ...

It's the start of another year and the body mass index (BMI) is being criticized again. This time a Lancet-commissioned group ...

People with higher body mass indexes say they're relieved by experts' new guidance to downplay the use of BMI in diagnosing people with weight problems or obesity.

BMI has long been considered a flawed measure that can over-diagnose or underdiagnose obesity, which is currently defined as ...

The proposed changes, announced on Wednesday, have been five years in the making and aim to reframe obesity by moving beyond Body Mass Index (BMI) calculations. The authors determined that ...

Discover how a simple metabolic marker, the TyG index, combined with obesity measures, can help predict and manage hypertension risk in American adults ... such as body mass index (BMI), waist ...