Rates were determined using the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, last released in 2021. The World Health ...

Obesity is currently defined as a BMI of 30 or above in adults. New guidance from a team of health experts around the world proposes expanding the definition of obesity beyond the popular body ...

For years there has been a push to recognise obesity as a disease in its own right ... sick and who is not becomes an important question. Chart: The Economist By coincidence (they started before ...

A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial body mass index and hoping to better identify people who need treatment ...