This would not be the first time that public-health experts have prematurely celebrated the peak of America’s obesity crisis.

A landmark study finds waist-to-height ratio more effective than BMI in identifying obesity risk, as central fat levels rise ...

Obesity severity is incrementally associated with a broad range of cardiometabolic and renal disease burden, as discovered by ...

New criteria that put greater emphasis on body composition to diagnose obesity show greater prevalence of the disease in the ...

For years, medical experts have defined obesity primarily based on body mass index, which measures stored fat by calculating height and weight, to determine a person’s health risks. Major public ...

Obesity is a leading global health challenge, and weight loss is widely promoted to reduce its associated risks. However, ...

Tirzepatide, semaglutide, and liraglutide lead to weight loss in adults with obesity and T1D over 1 year; the greatest weight ...

Body mass index, the most common measure of obesity, may be woefully inadequate. May 2, 2010— -- The scale of the obesity epidemic may be much worse than currently believed since the usual ...