Researchers identify a significant association between sugar-sweetened beverage tax and BMI changes among adults living in ...

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 for ...

Two newer adiposity measures incorporating waist circumference predicted periodontitis better than body mass index, reported ...

Heart disease remains the top killer of Americans as risk factors continue to grow. Get the latest statistics from the ...

New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and also take into account health ...

Obesity has been an ongoing struggle for many consumers, and for years, body mass index (BMI) has been the key metric health ...

Heart disease and stroke claim more lives in the United States than all forms of cancer and accidental deaths combined, ...

The number does not capture a person's muscle mass; where on their body fat is stored; or how their race, ethnicity and ...

Bariatric surgery significantly reduced long-term risk for decompensation and adverse outcomes in patients with obesity and ...

According to the American Heart Association’s 2025 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics Update, heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the U.S.

The way the world defines obesity has been in need of an overhaul, according to some experts, and it could be coming soon ...

How should obesity be defined? For a long time we’ve relied on the body mass index (BMI). But that blanket approach means ...