Research suggests there is not clear consensus about preferred terms to describe body size. Terms to describe body size in ...

According to the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) 2019–21, nearly one in four Indian adults is overweight or obese, with 24% of women and 23% of men affected. Childhood obesity has also risen ...

The study crunched decades of BMI data taken from several nationally representative surveys, tracking obesity rates from 1990 ...

Where your body stores fat may matter just as much as how much you carry—especially for your brain. Using advanced MRI scans and data from nearly 26,000 people, researchers identified two surprising ...

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A new definition of obesity could classify more than three-quarters of US adults as having the disease, impacting the ...

Body mass index is widely used to assess the human body’s obesity, health, fitness, eligibility as a surgical candidate or ...

About half (53%) of Americans say they hear or read about Ozempic, Wegovy and similar drugs extremely or very often.

Another day, another political U-turn – this time on welfare reform. Government by trial and error is baffling madness, but ...

The effect of obesity on brain health may depend not only on how much fat is in the body, but also on the areas of the body where fat is stored, according to a study published today in Radiology.

India, Jan. 25 -- Many misconceptions lead to body shaming of the Obese and the Skinny by ridiculing or mocking them, and ...

The effect of obesity on brain health may depend not only on how much fat is in the body, but also on the areas of the body where fat is stored, according to a study published today in Radiology , the ...