Weight-loss surgery can protect the liver health of patients with obesity and fatty liver disease, a new study repor ...

Childhood obesity continues to be a growing problem in out country. So, should the government regulate food advertising like it did with cigarettes?

Researchers identify a significant association between sugar-sweetened beverage tax and BMI changes among adults living in ...

A new study uncovers a novel mechanism through which brown fat is transformed into heat, offering protection against ...

Obesity was associated with improved overall survival (OS) after curative resection in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), particularly those who did not have low sk ...

The number does not capture a person's muscle mass; where on their body fat is stored; or how their race, ethnicity and ...

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

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

The global perception of obesity as a health crisis has long been tied to the body mass index (BMI), a metric that uses height and weight to estimate body fat. However, a recent report published ...

Body mass index (BMI) should not be the only measurement for obesity, with more in-depth medical assessment required, global experts in the Lancet Commission have said. People with obesity should ...

Experts are proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial body mass index (BMI). Under new recommendations, obesity would no longer be defined ...

How we define obesity needs to become more nuanced, a report has argued, with body mass index (BMI) as a measure alone being too simplistic. The report, by The Lancet Commission on Obesity and ...