The NHS leadership seem more interested in policing language than improving either health care or the quality of management ...

Doctors and scientists generally follow the narrative that larger people should be referred to as "people with obesity" and that obesity should be treated as a disease just like any other—but ...

A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial body mass index and hoping to better identify people who need treatment ...

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 ...

Sierra Hufham went viral for a TikTok video about how "fat" women can date "hot guys." She tells PEOPLE how she met her "ripped" husband and how she worked on her self-esteem in the year before they ...

With a rumoured BMI of over 29, at the time, the 35-year-old mother-of-three and body-positive activist was hovering on the cusp of obesity – which starts at a BMI of 30. But can people who ...

A report published last week in “The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology” strives to redefine obesity. An international group convened to examine the longstanding concept and are recommending better ...

People are being “overdiagnosed” with obesity, leading medics have warned as they called for a “reframing” of the way the condition is diagnosed. Academics have suggested that a body mass ...

A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial body mass index and hoping to better identify people who need treatment ...