A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial body mass index and hoping to better identify people who need treatment for ...

Obesity has been an ongoing struggle for many consumers, and for years, body mass index (BMI) has been the key metric health ...

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

That could help overcome problems with relying on BMI alone ... "On the other hand, a blanket definition of obesity as a disease can result in overdiagnosis and unwarranted use of medications ...

New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and also take into account health ...

The pharmaceutical industry came up with medicine that stops people from craving processed, addictive foods and the food industry is in a panic.

The dose is important – very important. It’s always beneficial to add positive health behaviors. But in order to defeat ...

In November 2023 Colombia imposed a tax on highly processed foods and drinks. Authorities in Brazil, Canada and Peru have ...

The new definition of obesity is also in line with the Lancet Commission ... the muscle mass or co-existing clinical problems,” he says. Drawing parallels with a WWE wrestler or an athlete, he says ...

A report published last week in “The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology” strives to redefine obesity. An international group convened to examine the longstanding concept and are recommending better ...

In his first Senate confirmation hearing to be secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. repeated claims we have written about before on vaccines and chronic ...

For Black women and femmes who are navigating a system that is anti-Black and high stress, to even receive a diagnosis for an eating disorder presents its own challenges. Black women report higher ...