The higher the BMI, the more a person is at risk of heart disease and type 2 diabetes.However, a new study has found that BMI ...

New research suggests that a larger waist circumference is a bigger risk factor than body mass index (BMI) for ...

If you think you have obesity or have questions about healthy ... metrics to decide your healthy weight range, such as body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, body composition, and waist- ...

WalletHub released a new analysis ranking America's most overweight cities, based on obesity rates, health consequences and ...

Body mass index (BMI) is a key way to assess weight status and determine if someone has a normal weight, overweight, or ...

Those in favor of the classification argue that excess fat accumulation/distribution is linked to sustained and serious ...

Obesity was tied with an increased risk of developing 16 health outcomes, a large longitudinal study showed. Risks correlated ...

Body mass index (BMI) is key method for measuring a person's weight status, and defining if they have normal weight, overweight, or obesity.

Body mass index (BMI), which is measured by taking a person’s body weight and dividing the square of their height, has long ...

In the United States, obesity is estimated to cause between 280,000 and 374,000 deaths each year and more than $170 billion ...

A higher BMI is consistently associated with longer operative times and increased complications across a wide range of ...

A new USC Schaeffer Center white paper finds expanded access to anti-obesity medications would lead to significant increases ...