Most people know that body fat stored around the midsection can spell disaster for cardiovascular health. But Harvard ...

Researchers highlight that having a normal BMI does not always indicate good health, as high body fat can increase the risk ...

Learn about the connection between hidden heart fat and inflammation and blood vessel problems. Find out why this fat can ...

More than 1 billion people worldwide live with obesity, and the condition is linked to about 5 million deaths every year from ...

Researchers found that women with high levels of intermuscular fat had an ‘especially high risk’ of heart attack or failure, ...

People with pockets of fat hidden inside their muscles are at a higher risk of dying or being hospitalised from a heart attack or heart failure, regardless of their body mass index, according to ...

Experts say clinical obesity is more than a high BMI and instead is a disease in which excess body fat harms tissues, organs or doing daily activities.

An international commission made the case for focusing on body fat quantity and the illnesses people experience.

Over one billion people in the world are estimated to have obesity. Some experts believe its treatment and diagnosis need a ...

Indian doctors have redefined obesity with new guidelines that consider the unique health challenges faced by the population.

The commercialisation of junk food, increase in inactive lifestyles with prolonged sitting, and high stress environments, ...