A new University of Florida Health study shows that body mass index, or BMI — commonly used to measure obesity and health ...

The urgent directive follows alarming findings by Lancet, the British medical journal, that projected a surge in overweight ...

Fat tissue secretes hormones known as adipokines. Patients with obesity have a larger amount of leptin than a normal ...

Obesity and heart failure often go together, making treatment more complicated. Now, health experts have released new ...

All primary schools in Carmarthenshire will have to offer two hours of physical education per week after council chiefs ...

Nearly half of obese children under 12 whose records were analysed were found to have high blood pressure, according to a ...

Women with higher levels of body fat sometimes struggle to conceive and can face greater health risks during pregnancy.

A WOMAN who has lost almost six stone in just nine months on Mounjaro has hit back at trolls calling it the “easy way out”.

A new study published in Scientific Reports found a woman’s waist circumference could be a better predictor of infertility than her actual weight. Being overweight is a known risk factor for ...

New body composition tests are replacing BMI as a more accurate way to assess health and fitness. Measuring muscle mass and ...

But it’s taking neither seriously. Despite the fact that more than 64% of people in the UK are either overweight or obese our ...

Costa Rica is facing a growing obesity crisis, with two-thirds of adults overweight or obese. A longtime expat reflects on ...