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

Experts offer a variety of policy solutions to the childhood obesity crisis. Many are drawn from the anti-tobacco playbook — ...

Researchers at the, Riverside, backed by a substantial NIH grant, are pioneering a study on the unique immune responses to ...

The way the world defines obesity has been in need of an overhaul, according to some experts, and it could be coming soon ...

The condition is better measured by looking at factors like inflammation, insulin resistance, and glucose tolerance, ...

According to a September 2024 data brief from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 40.3 percent of U.S.

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

Obesity is a chronic disease that occurs when a person has excess body fat, resulting in a high body mass index (BMI). According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a person ...

New guidance from a team of health experts around the world proposes expanding the definition of obesity beyond the popular body mass index (BMI) measure. The new guidance comes from the ...

A global commission of experts has called for a radical shift in how obesity is diagnosed, with less reliance on body mass index (BMI) to define disease. The commission, published in Lancet Diabetes ...

As of March 2020, nearly 42% of U.S. adults had obesity, according to the CDC. Athletes and people who are very fit, like Kelce and Gyllenhaal, may have a higher BMI because muscle typically ...

People are being “overdiagnosed” with obesity, leading medics have warned as they called for a “reframing” of the way the condition is diagnosed. Academics have suggested that a body mass ...