Then there’s the mounting scientific evidence that weight–and, accordingly, body mass index–are unreliable indicators of ...

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

In a study of more than 5,000 mothers and their children, exposure to air pollution during the three months before pregnancy ...

A global Commission, published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology and endorsed by 75 medical organizations around the world, presents a novel, nuanced approach to diagnose obesity, based on other ...

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 ...

Obesity affects over 1 billion people globally, with 40 percent of U.S. adults classified as obese under the present ...

Under recommendations released Tuesday night, obesity would no longer be defined solely by BMI, a calculation of height and ...

A group of experts says Body Mass Index, or BMI, used by doctors to measure obesity, is not a good method. CBS News medical ...

Habits like getting adequate exercise, nutrition, and sleep can have profoundly positive effects on overall health whether ...

New guidance from a team of health experts around the world proposes expanding the definition of obesity beyond the popular ...