This week in Parliament there has been a great deal going on around health and well-being, starting with a debate on obesity on Monday. There is no doubt that we have a growing obesity crisis in the ...

An international team of doctors proposed a new way to define obesity that's not based solely on BMI. Here's what they ...

The Lancet Commission has declared obesity a disease. With enough controversy to fill a buffet table, their new definition is ...

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

Obesity is a chronic disease that occurs when a person has excess body fat, resulting in a high body mass index (BMI). According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a person ...

Those who have a body mass index (BMI) greater than or equal to 30 are usually considered to have obesity. However, for black women, the number is 32. To figure out your BMI, use this online ...

The authors use this protocol to explore the cellular landscape in both lean and diet-induced obese mice, identifying a dysfunctional hypertrophic adipocyte subpopulation linked to obesity. The data ...

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Also linked to health are new regulations from the Labour government, elected last year, which is keen to use legislation against products seen as unhealthy to help fight childhood obesity.

Obesity levels in the UK may have peaked and could start dropping ‘significantly’ in 2025 due to weight loss jabs, according to one of the biggest online sellers of the medication. The ...

Thanks to analysis from the Institute for Public Policy Research and The Telegraph, we now know that one of the lifestyle choices that makes a big difference is where you live in the UK.