A commission proposed a new definition of obesity focused on how excess fat affects the body, rather than assessing body mass ...

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

A front-of-package food label would be a great educational tool. The Trump administration should keep it.

“The whole goal of this is to get a more precise definition so that we are targeting the people who actually need the help ...

Bill Cassidy said in a statement. “It will help us to better understand obesity and that will, in turn, inform policy making in Washington, D.C.” Pennington, a campus of LSU, has been a ...

Maps show the U.S. states with the healthiest diets, based on fruit and vegetables, alcohol, food insecurity, and diseases.

However, the new report notes that BMI can lead to both over- and under-reporting of obesity. An athlete with little body fat but significant muscle mass might score in the “obese” BMI range.

Recently, an international commission proposed a revised definition of obesity that focuses on how ... and adjunct associate professor at George Washington University. She previously was Baltimore ...