About 1 in 5 classified as overweight based on BMI alone considered to have obesity according to European society definition.

The European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO) framework may offer a more sensitive measure of obesity than ...

More Americans than previously thought… are now considered obese. A new definition of obesity means 1 in 5 Americans are now ...

To improve access to care, many professional organizations have advocated for classifying obesity as a disease. However, the ...

Using the new definition, weight-loss drugs or other interventions like surgery would be considered for those with clinical obesity, while those with preclinical obesity would be offered other ...

A new study reveals that Americans are confused about what “processed food” actually means, and which types pose health risks ...

A cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis examined the distribution of people by obesity level using the European ...

The most prevalent complications among newly identified people with obesity were hypertension, arthritis, diabetes, and ...

A new study compares body mass index (BMI) with body fat percentage and finds the latter is far more reliable in predicting ...

The definition of manliness is being reshaped by greater value on emotional resilience, self-care and an openness to mental health treatment. But this is being met with significant resistance.

Food noise is the constant, unwanted mental concerns about food. It’s not hunger, and it may ease with GLP-1 medications, ...

Proposed cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) could cause hungry New Yorkers all across the state to ...