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

Recently, an international commission proposed a revised definition of obesity that focuses on ... adjunct associate professor at George Washington University. She previously was Baltimore ...

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

A front-of-package food label would be a great educational tool. The Trump administration should keep it.

Weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy have been tied in a large, national study to a drop in the risk of developing ...

Researchers at the, Riverside, backed by a substantial NIH grant, are pioneering a study on the unique immune responses to ...

Family-based behavioral treatment (FBT) is a clinically-proven approach to treating children with obesity in which a health ...

A new study finds that three quarters of American adults and half of adolescents are too heavy. That's making more of us sick and creating enormous health care costs.

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

The commission recommends a shift away from relying solely on BMI to more accurately define obesity as a disease.