For decades, one number has played an outsized role in determining whether your weight is considered healthy or not: your body mass index, or BMI. The calculation is simple, and the resulting number ...

Letters: Ultra-processed foods are displacing traditional diets, warns Prof Kent Buse. Plus letters from Hugo Harper, Dr Pawan Randev and Patricia Hampton ...

Obesity rates in children have been on the rise for decades, having quadrupled from 1990 to 2022, and along with the rise in obesity, comes a rise in health risks. However, obesity can be broken down ...

Quick, name three reasons America has an obesity problem. Seriously, take a moment and think. I’m going to bet that one of your reasons is that junk food is cheap but healthful food is expensive. If ...

Obesity is one of the most common health conditions in the world and one of the most misunderstood. Today, it affects about 4 ...

Understanding the multifaceted relationship between obesity and cognitive function is vital for advancing patient care. Research shows that excess body weight can affect mental sharpness and increase ...

A Lancet Commission definition of clinical obesity cuts pediatric rates sharply by requiring evidence of health complications ...

The U.S. obesity epidemic is presenting difficult workers compensation challenges, complicating efforts to return employees to work and to full health. Not only are obese workers comp claimants likely ...

A new global definition of clinical obesity classifies far fewer children as obese than the widely used body mass index (BMI), according to a large international study. And the findings could lead to ...

According to a new study, some of you reading this who had a perfectly normal BMI might now be considered overweight or even obese, and you didn’t gain a single pound to earn that ignominious ...

Doctors say children and teenagers with obesity are increasingly being seen with insulin resistance, fatty liver disease and ...