As of March 2020, nearly 42% of US adults had obesity, with the report estimating that more than a billion people are living ...

Calories are essential energy units for bodily functions like breathing and digestion. Proper calorie management is crucial ...

Until two years ago, such discussion was of little practical relevance, since there were few treatments for obesity between ...

Indian doctors have revised obesity guidelines for the first time in 15 years, moving beyond the traditional BMI tool to ...

The researchers hypothesize that brown adipose tissue (BAT) offers protection against compromised healthy longevity, ...

The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology published its Commission on the definition and diagnostic criteria of clinical obesity.

A cutting-edge molecular approach provides a detailed picture of the biological pathways associated with childhood obesity and metabolic dysfunction, and identifies environmental risk factors during ...

Body Mass Index, or BMI, has long been criticized as an unreliable method for measuring obesity — and now a group of experts ...

An international group of experts proposes two new categories of disease: preclinical and clinical obesity and the FDA ...

A tax of 2 cents per ounce of sugar drinks could raise $20-30 million annually for the city while dissuading people from ...

BMI has long been considered a flawed measure that can over-diagnose or underdiagnose obesity, which is currently defined as ...

Boston City Councilor Sharon Durkan proposed the idea as a way to promote healthier habits among residents and also raise ...