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

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 ...

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

Is obesity a disease or a risk factor for disease? In medical circles – and outside of them – the question is contentious, ...

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

BMI falls short as a way to measure obesity. Doctors need to also determine whether body fat harms a person's health.

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

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

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

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

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