The Lancet, a global medical journal that works with academics to identify issues in public health, hosted a Commission on ...

Childhood obesity is on the rise and is becoming an epidemic in our country and worldwide. The consequences of childhood ...

Experts suggest redefining obesity diagnosis with BMI, waist size, and health factors to improve treatment accuracy.

Experts row back on ‘flawed’ BMI as new definition of obese proposed - Roughly 20% of people who used to be classified as ...

Body Mass Index, or BMI, has long been criticized as an unreliable method for measuring obesity — and now a group of experts ...

A group of experts from around the world are proposing an alternative way of defining clinical obesity, eschewing the ...

New CDC data reveals a concerning rise in severe obesity among U.S. adults, with women and middle-aged individuals most ...

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 for ...

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

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

For the first time in over a decade, obesity rates have dropped in the United States. A recent study by the CDC showed that ...