Is obesity a disease? How could it be better defined? A commission of 56 global experts from 'The Lancet' magazine has set ...

Is obesity a risk factor or a disease? This debate shapes treatments, policies, and eating disorder care. Explore its impact ...

A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial body mass index and hoping to better identify people who need treatment for ...

A decades-long study of Danish conscripts finds that despite the rise in obesity, the inverse relationship between intelligence and BMI has remained unchanged.

Comprehensive study exposes critical health risks of obesity, including diabetes, heart disease, and cancer, while offering ...

Obesity has been an ongoing struggle for many consumers, and for years, body mass index (BMI) has been the key metric health ...

Two newer adiposity measures incorporating waist circumference predicted periodontitis better than body mass index, reported ...

Obesity was associated with improved overall survival (OS) after curative resection in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), particularly those who did not have low sk ...