Obesity has been an ongoing struggle for many consumers, and for years, body mass index (BMI) has been the key metric health ...

The commission recommends a shift away from relying solely on BMI to more accurately define obesity as a disease.

China is aiming to beef up physical education in schools, making it core to the curriculum rather than a secondary subject, ...

"Closing the Gap Between Evidence and Practice for Childhood Obesity Treatment," authored by Pennington Biomedical’s Pediatric Obesity and Health Behavior Laboratory’s Dr. Amanda Staiano and Dr.

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

A higher cefazolin dose was not associated with decreased rates of surgical site infections among obese patients undergoing ...

By restricting access to sugary drinks and junk food through SNAP, the bill aims to improve nutrition for recipients and ...

A study by NIH shows that excessive weight gain in the first trimester of pregnancy may contribute to increased fat ...

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WASHINGTON – Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s anti-vaccine advocacy is outside the mainstream. His previous statements on abortion ...

Here's what to know about the new study—plus some recipes to help you try this eating pattern for yourself. Reviewed by ...

Lata was a test case in one of the many studies from AIIMS, which has devised fresh guidelines to flatten India’s obesity curve and reduce our burden of chronic illnesses that stem from it. AIIMS ...