New research suggests that factors like age, sex, body fat and the amount of sugar in your blood play a significant role in the progression from pre-diabetes to a type 2 diabetes diagnosis.

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

Obesity affects over 1 billion people globally, with 40 percent of U.S. adults classified as obese under the present ...

Higher cardiovascular health (Life’s Essential 8 scores) is linked to greater bone mineral density in adults aged 20–59, with ...

An international group of experts proposes two new categories of disease: preclinical and clinical obesity and the FDA ...

A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial ...

Learn how your BMI can help identify if your obesity poses serious health risks and what steps to take for better outcomes.

A retrospective study demonstrated slightly elevated baseline fasting plasma glucose levels to be a robust marker of incident diabetes risk, even when those levels fell within the normal range.

In a new report, global health experts are urging that we redefine the measurements used to determine whether someone is ...

MORE: Obesity prevalence among US adults falls slightly to 40%, remains higher than 10 years ago: CDC The report further outlines the diagnostic criteria for obesity, combining elevated BMI with ...

Experts examined health data from over 300,000 Britons for 11 years and found a combination of two factors was needed to ...