According to a September 2024 data brief from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 40.3 percent of U.S.

New guidance from a team of health experts around the world proposes expanding the definition of obesity beyond the popular ...

BMI falls short as a way to measure obesity. Doctors need to also determine whether body fat harms a person's health.

For the first time in over a decade, obesity rates have dropped in the United States. A recent study by the CDC showed that ...

A group of experts from around the world are proposing an alternative way of defining clinical obesity, eschewing the ...