A commission proposed a new definition of obesity focused on how excess fat affects the body, rather than assessing body mass ...

An international commission made the case for focusing on body fat quantity and the illnesses people experience.

The way the world defines obesity has been in need of an overhaul, according to some experts, and it could be coming soon ...

New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and take into account health ...

BMI has long been considered a flawed measure that can over-diagnose or underdiagnose obesity, which is currently defined as ...

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

A major new study has revealed a long list of benefits and some little-known risks of Ozempic and other GLP-1 medications.

T he newest weight-loss drugs, Wegovy and Zepbound, are incredibly popular. But doctors are still learning about all of the ...