Obesity is one of the most common and complex chronic diseases clinicians encounter in practice. Yet it is still often ...

Increasingly, telehealth platforms are positioning blockbuster weight-loss shots not as medicines to treat obesity or diabetes but as cosmetic elixirs for anyone who wants to lose a few pounds.

ANSWER: The body mass index (BMI, which the chart was probably derived from) is a tool used to estimate body shape. Unfortunately it has also been used to estimate health, but it is a flawed ...

The apparent plateau is short-term, the data incomplete and the share of people with severe obesity still rising. The ...

Carrying a few additional pounds may be healthy as we get olderThe number on the scale isn't the only factor to consider.By Janet LeeYou may have heard of the obesity paradox—the concept that ...

The proposed new BMI definition would include body fat distribution measures instead of just focusing on weight.