Doctors worldwide should adopt a more comprehensive approach to diagnosing obesity, incorporating broader criteria and ...

GPs should use their ‘clinical judgement’ to decide when a child’s obesity has become a safeguarding concern, according to ...

According to the researchers, the healthcare sector, online medical repositories and hospitals were generating vast amounts ...

A new model utilizing simple anthropometric measurements provided a viable alternative to bioimpedance for assessing body fat ...

The way clinicians diagnose obesity is set to change with new guidelines acknowledging that not all obese have the same ...

Officers will now have to keep their BMI at 28 or less if they expect to climb the ranks. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Research on a cohort of Chinese mothers and their children has found exposure to elevated levels of particulate matter in the ...

Despite the staggering impact of obesity on the Black community, columnist Justice B. Hill argues that the issue has been ...

Do people with obesity have a disease? Experts believe it should be split into two categories -- and diagnosed using accurate ...

The new definition proposed by the Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology Commission, a group of 58 leading experts from various ...

BMI over 30 is considered obese. But those having excess fat may not have a BMI 30, which shows under-diagnosis of people and ...

More than 1 billion people worldwide live with obesity, and the condition is linked to about 5 million deaths every year from ...