People with higher body mass indexes say they're relieved by experts' new guidance to downplay the use of BMI in diagnosing people with weight problems or obesity.

A group of 58 researchers is calling for a new, better way to measure obesity and excess body fat that goes beyond BMI.

The commercialisation of junk food, increase in inactive lifestyles with prolonged sitting, and high stress environments, ...

The move by Malaysian police to address obesity among its personnel is “progressive” and other agencies and professions ...

Weight-loss medicines such as Ozempic might raise a person’s likelihood of developing conditions including arthritis.

A new report notes that the amount of belly fat a patient has is a more useful metric for determining obesity than ...