Using a new definition that includes waist-based measurements, the team found that more than 75% of adults may meet criteria ...

Millions of Americans long considered outside the obesity category may, in fact, face many of the same health risks.

JAMA study shows more than 75% of American adults could qualify as obese under revised criteria - Anadolu Ajansı ...

A major update to how obesity is defined could push U.S. obesity rates to nearly 70%, according to a large new study. The ...

For years, medical experts have defined obesity primarily based on body mass index, which measures stored fat by calculating height and weight, to determine a person’s health risks. Major public ...

It’s estimated more than one billion people in the world are living with obesity as defined by the current definition that relies solely on body mass index or BMI. Now health care experts say one-size ...

Research defining obesity shows that nearly 70% of U.S. adults could now be classified as obese. By considering where fat is ...

A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial body mass index and hoping to better identify people who need treatment for ...

Scientists have proposed a simple new definition for "metabolically healthy obesity" to identify individuals who do not have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) death and total mortality ...

Hone Health reports that GLP-1 medications are increasingly prescribed for weight loss and metabolic health, even in those ...