America has an unfortunate weight problem. Not just stereotypically, but statistically, 42% of adults in the United States ...

BMI is just B.S. It doesn’t accurately define what it means to be overweight.

A new study suggests that nearly 70% of US adults would be classified as obese under a revised definition proposed by medical experts. The traditional method, which uses a body mass index (BMI) of 30 ...

Are you overweight? Before you start lifestyle chnages to control your body weight, take a note of the below tests and get ...

Obesity may be a contributing factor in more than 10% of infection-related deaths, a new study reveals. The researchers analyzed medical data from nearly 550,000 adults in Finland and the U.K. over a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People with excess body fat who also had stronger handgrip strength were less likely to develop obesity-related heart, liver or ...

This week, Mad in America examines three studies around mental health diagnosis, psychotropic drug use, obesity, and diabetes ...

Weight-loss jabs could help minimise asthma symptoms in obese people, a new study says. The drugs should be explored as a potential treatment for obese people with the respiratory condition, who are ...

Obesity is a chronic disease that can significantly affect an individual’s overall health. In this Care Cues, experts discuss ...

As young people reach adulthood, their preferences for sweet foods typically decline. But for people with obesity, new research suggests that the drop-off may not be as steep and that the brain's ...