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

The way obesity is diagnosed needs to become more sophisticated, an international commission has concluded.Using body-mass ...

A larger body doesn’t necessarily mean you have ‘clinical obesity’, according to a proposed new definition of the disease.

Obesity is typically assessed by measuring someone's body mass index, but now researchers are calling for a more nuanced ...

The Global Commission on Clinical Obesity has put forward 18 criteria for diagnosing clinical obesity, moving away from the ...

A crude measure of weight relative to height, BMI is commonly used to diagnose obesity—even though many experts and ...

When the federal government increased its deportation efforts in the mid-1970s, Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio, then a priest in ...

The average American woman weighs about 170 pounds and stands about 5 feet, 4 inches tall. But it’s important to remember ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

The revised definition, published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology 1 on 14 January, focuses on how excess body fat, a ...

For over three decades, arbitration has offered an efficient and cost-effective mechanism for resolving consumer disputes.

The extreme drawdown at Detroit Lake aims to help save salmon but could also impact fishing and drinking water in the Santiam ...