About 1 in 3 Australian adults (32%) has a body-mass index (BMI) of 30 or above. A further 34% has a BMI of 25 or above.

Individuals with a genetic profile that puts them at risk of obesity may not necessarily be at risk of having high ...

New research continues to show that many people meet the criteria for obesity and associated health problems, even if their ...

BMI is a measure of body weight relative to height. The goal for most people is to have a BMI that’s over 18 and under 25.

As the incidence of obesity continues to rise nationally and globally, a new observational study published in Cancer reports ...

A new study on the worldwide prevalence of ‘abdominal obesity’ tied belly fat in ‘normal’ weight people to hypertension, ...

Having a higher BMI at diagnosis is tied to faster disability progression in people with multiple sclerosis, according to a ...

Since joining the Weigh to Go programme, Rhiana has dropped more than six stones - with the energy to get involved in a ...

Two studies demonstrate that a large proportion of the population has visceral adiposity even at BMIs below the obesity ...

People who appear fit but carry dangerous fat around their internal organs face the same artery damage as visibly overweight ...

Premenopausal women have a larger increase in mean BMI with increasing age than postmenopausal women, with BMI peaking at ...

Since investing in Mounjaro injections last summer, Mr Spurr has shed 13 stone and trimmed 18 inches from his waist. His ...