Research shows that people with a certain body shape face a higher risk of serious health problems compared to their ...

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

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

BMI is a 53-year-old metric that experts suggest needs an update—here's what they say is the more reliable way to determine ...

A new report says only using BMI to determine if a patient has obesity leads to under-diagnosing people who are ill and over-diagnosing people who don't currently deal with the negative health ...

Getting a move on can do a number on belly fat, but the key is getting physical activity almost daily. Uwazurike suggests ...

The Lancet, a global medical journal that works with academics to identify issues in public health, hosted a Commission on ...

A commission proposed a new definition of obesity focused on how excess fat affects the body, rather than assessing body mass ...

Certain dietary and lifestyle factors, including higher coffee and oily fish intake, were associated with lower risk for migraine.

The commission recommends that excess body fat should be confirmed by measuring a person's waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, or waist-to-height ratio. Another option is a direct measurement of ...