A new study finds that including waist size in obesity definitions raises prevalence to 68.6%, reshaping who qualifies for ...

"With potentially 70% of the adult population now considered to have excess fat, we need to better understand what treatment ...

New research shows that substantially more Americans would qualify as being obese using new diagnostic criteria released this ...

A new study published by the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) titled 'Implications Of A New Obesity ...

By applying this new framework to a test group of more than 300,000 patients, researchers found that the number of obese ...

BMI is not an accurate way to measure body weight or health because it does not account for body fat percentage or body fat distribution.

Experts believe measuring waist circumference is a more accurate way to predict cancer risk in men - Tim Platt/Digital Vision The size of a man’s waistband is a better predictor of cancer risk than ...

A new definition of obesity endorsed by 76 health organizations could dramatically increase the number of Americans ...

Your waistline may say more about your current health than your BMI, according to new research. Now, we hate to be the bearer of bad news but: as our waistlines expand, so do the risks. And while ...

Researchers have found in a new study that central obesity is a sole predictor of disease severity and disability among ...