A study finds the rise in U.S. obesity rates have hit a plateau in children but are still climbing for adults, and are still ...

More than 100 million American adults are living with obesity - and that number is set to skyrocket with new criteria for diagnosing the chronic condition. Doctors in Massachusetts said Wednesday that ...

Redefining obesity based not only on body mass index (BMI) but on whether excess body fat is causing measurable health problems may complicate diagnosis and delay treatment, according to an Endocrine ...

A new tool, OBSCORE, is meant to better define who's at risk for obesity complications, going beyond BMI to include family ...

In the age of weight-loss drugs, there has to be a better way to diagnose obesity. Scientists are now locked in a fierce debate over the body mass index, and that could change who qualifies for a ...

New research presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity in Istanbul, Turkey (12-15 May) shows that higher body ...

Applying The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology Commission’s new definition of obesity, a large UK Biobank analysis reported that both preclinical and clinical obesity are common, with the latter ...

OBSCORE is a data-driven tool that identifies high-risk individuals for obesity-related diseases, enhancing treatment ...

Is BMI pure B.S.? It's 'definitely not a measure of fatness,' and it doesn't accurately define what it means to be overweight. Body mass index isn't always the best predictor of health. In the age of ...