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

While many issues turned Canadians away from their prime minister, the high cost of groceries and homes has become a chief ...

The medical journal The Lancet recently published a detailed consensus statement classifying obesity as a disease. The ...

Forty-four percent of personnel in the Canadian Armed Forces are considered overweight while 28 per cent are classified as ...

Adults with overweight or obesity and type 2 diabetes who are given ... alongside moderate calorie restriction achieve much higher rates of remission compared ... Websites that sell compounded ...

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

At the same time, the obesity rate among children ages 2 to 19 has steadily risen over the past two decades. Lifestyle factors, including lack of regular exercise, excessive time sitting during ...

Scientists now say we need better ways to measure obesity, like looking at the ratio of someone’s waist to their hips, since belly fat is the real troublemaker. Why does this matter? Obesity is ...

Experts recommend reevaluating the diagnosis and treatment of obesity by moving beyond BMI to a more comprehensive health assessment. They propose classifying obesity into ‘clinical’ and ‘pre-clinical ...

But now experts suggest the simple mantra may be fuelling the UK's obesity crisis by encouraging kids to eat too much. NHS data shows almost one in 10 children joining primary school are obese ...

Followed categories will be added to My News. The recommendations hoped to move past the blame and discrimination that often revolve around obesity, which is estimated to affect more than a ...