The World Health Organization is shaped by its members: 194 countries that set health priorities and make agreements about ...

Bill Gates believes he would be diagnosed with Autism if he were a child today, noting that his childhood traits fit today’s ...

The ending of the commitment to the World Health Organization by the United States poses as an existential threat to the well ...

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

Do people with obesity have an illness? A panel of global health experts looking at this controversial question announced Wednesday that the definition of obesity should be split into two categories - ...

BMI over 30 is considered obese. But those having excess fat may not have a BMI 30, which shows under-diagnosis of people and ...

Under recommendations released Tuesday night, obesity would no longer be defined solely by BMI, a calculation of height and weight, but combined with other measurements, such as waist circumference, ...

Obesity is currently defined as a BMI of 30 or above in adults, according to the World Health Organization, affecting 1 in 8 adults. However, using BMI alone to aid in the diagnosis of obesity has ...

Applications on the phone included an address book, email, a calculator, calendar, fax machine, note pad, file manager, world clock, a pager and even a sketch pad. Ben says: 'This is arguably the ...