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 ...

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

The WHO is a United Nations agency that aims to expand universal health coverage, coordinates responses to health emergencies ...

“Ooh, that’s a big one,” Donald Trump said Monday as he signed an executive order – one of dozens during his first hours as ...

President Donald Trump announced Monday he is withdrawing the US from the World Health Organization, a significant move on ...

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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, ...