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

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 recent report revealed that obesity rates in 2023 varied significantly across U.S. states and territories, with West Virginia recording the highest prevalence at more than 41 percent of adults ...

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 ...

The UK may have reached peak obesity and rates could start falling rapidly later this year, Sky News has been told. Data collected by one of the biggest online sellers of weight loss jabs suggests ...

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 ...

The policies included mandating primary and secondary school students to have at least two hours of physical activity daily, to effectively control myopia, or nearsightedness and obesity rates.

The more than doubling of global obesity rates in 30 years has triggered an urgent search for better diagnostic tools than the numerical body mass index, which offers little insight into the ...