Although BMI is what most doctors use to track weight loss, that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s the most accurate.

Towfiqu barbhuiya/Pexels Most of us know that carrying extra weight takes a toll on the heart, but new research ...

Recently, an international commission proposed a revised definition of obesity that focuses on how excess body fat affects the body, and factors in waist circumference, rather than simply calculating ...

A new definition of obesity could dramatically increase the number of Americans considered obese. Under the new definition, the prevalence of obesity rose from around 40% to nearly 70% among more than ...

A report published last week in “The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology” strives to redefine obesity. An international group convened to examine the longstanding concept and are recommending better ...

Almost 19% of U.S. adults previously defined as overweight based on BMI alone were newly considered to have obesity by the EASO diagnostic framework. The EASO classification takes into account BMI, ...

The number of people classified as having a "healthy weight" is the lowest in nearly 15 years. (Getty Images) Talk around weight in the United States has reached a fever pitch thanks to the popularity ...

After hitting a record high, the U.S. rate of obesity is falling, as the number of people taking GLP-1 medications rises stockvisual/Getty The rate of obese Americans has declined three years after ...

German scientists used advanced imaging to find that beer bellies are linked with more harmful changes in the heart.