Could the way doctors traditionally measure obesity allow a subset of people with obesity-related health risks to slip ...

A group of 58 researchers is calling for a new, better way to measure obesity. The global team’s recommendations were published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology on Jan. 14. Body mass index (BMI) ...

UP to 25 per cent more adults could be classed as obese under a radical shake-up of the body-mass-index (BMI) system, experts ...

Obesity needs a new definition, argues a global group of health experts. For over 75 years, obesity has been called a disease by the World Health Organization. But the label is hotly debated. Some say ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than 4 in 10 Americans now fit the medical definition for having obesity, putting them at risk for serious health problems, ...

Over 26% of U.S. adults with a normal BMI met new criteria for clinical obesity proposed by the Lancet commission. About 78% of adults had excess adiposity if defined by using two or three abnormal ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- National data show cholesterol levels among children and teenagers in the United States are improving. But obesity continues to pose a significant health challenge. Health ...

Obesity is one of the most misunderstood health conditions in the world. Not because the science is unclear. The science is ...

More than 4 in 10 Americans now fit the medical definition for having obesity, putting them at risk for serious health problems, including diabetes, heart disease and some types of cancer. But when ...