Visceral fat, which tends to be concentrated deep in the abdominal region around important internal organs and leads to ...

People who are lean can be unhealthy, and people who have a BMI over 25 can have pristine health markers, says Fatima ...

It’s a brain disease,” a prominent obesity doctor explained on a “60 Minutes” episode about the drugs. “Obesity is disease” ...

But BMI—a calculation based on height and weight—has been widely criticized as flawed and misleading, and some health ...

Australian researchers said that supervised diets with intermittent fasting were for children with serious health conditions, ...

"We observed in this cohort study that BMI outside of the normal category in women and men was associated with lower ...

A new type of blood test using lipids could make it easier to identify children at risk of complications around obesity ...

About 40% of Louisiana adults are obese, according to new data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Aronne, MD, of Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City, made a compelling case that the next generation of obesity ...

Severe obesity is already a significant problem for many children, especially since obese children often become obese adults.

Evidence shows that blockbuster weight-loss medications can reduce obesity even in children aged 6–11, but their long-term ...

Liraglutide treatment significantly lowers BMI in obese children aged 6 to <12, but gastrointestinal side effects prompt the ...