Jan. 27, 2025 — A study shows that patients with obesity and fatty liver-related cirrhosis who had bariatric (weight-loss) surgery significantly lowered their future risk of developing serious ...

Military leaders have been warned that Canada’s troops are becoming increasingly overweight and obese, with 72 per cent of armed forces personnel falling into those two categories.

A crude measure of weight relative to height, BMI is commonly used to diagnose obesity—even though many experts and professional groups agree it’s an imperfect tool that on its own reveals ver ...

Obesity needs a new definition, argues a global group of health experts. For over 75 years, obesity has been called a disease by the World Health Organization. But the label is hotly debated.

The fat acceptance movement promotes the equality of fat people in society. The movement embraces fat people, draws awareness to size discrimination, and fights to eliminate it. What Is the Fat ...

An international commission made the case for focusing on body fat quantity and the illnesses people experience. By Gina Kolata Obesity should be assessed in a way that goes beyond the standard ...

The current approach for diagnosing obesity – one defined solely by an individual’s body mass index – is inadequate. The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology Commission on the definition and diagnostic ...

Body mass index, or BMI, has long been criticized as a flawed method for measuring obesity — and now a group of experts is sharing new recommendations. BMI is a formula that uses a person's ...

Louise Baur receives funding from the National Health & Medical Research Council in the form of competitive research grants on projects related to child and adolescent obesity; these funds are ...

Obesity is currently defined as a BMI of 30 or above in adults. New guidance from a team of health experts around the world proposes expanding the definition of obesity beyond the popular body ...