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

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

BMI, a widely used measure, has long been criticized for being too simplistic. It calculates obesity based only on height and ...

Racial discrimination, bullying, sexism and other forms of discrimination have also been shown to increase the risk for ...

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

Belly fat — both the visible kind and the deep kind that sits around your organs — is caused by a combination of factors.

A group of 58 researchers is calling for a new, better way to measure obesity and excess body fat that goes beyond BMI.

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

MORE: Obesity prevalence among US adults falls slightly to 40%, remains higher than 10 years ago: CDC The report further outlines the diagnostic criteria for obesity, combining elevated BMI with ...

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

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines obesity as a person who has a BMI of 30 or more. As of March 2020, nearly 42% of U.S. adults had obesity, according to the CDC. Athletes and ...

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