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 ...

Extreme BMIs—both high and low—are linked to irregular menstrual cycles and increased risk of anovulatory cycles, ...

A comprehensive new report estimates that the proportion of the global population who are overweight or obese has doubled ...

With increasing urbanisation, changing dietary habits, and rising stress levels, India must adopt a holistic approach to prevent and manage obesity.

which is currently defined as a BMI of 30 or more. But people with excess body fat do not always have a BMI above 30, the report notes. And people with high muscle mass—football players or other ...

By 2050, we forecast that 2.2 million Australian children and adolescents will be living with obesity. A further 1.6 million ...

Across ages 3 to 9 years, children in a responsive parenting group had a lower mean BMI than those in a control group. Early ...