Having obesity makes you eligible for an early COVID-19 vaccine in several states. Evidence shows it can be a major risk for more severe viral infection and complications. But weight stigma can ...

When you go in for a wellness exam, oftentimes the first things the medical assistant does is take your height and weight. With this data, the computer spits out your body mass index (BMI) number.

I consider myself a healthy person. I eat plenty of fruit and veg, am obsessed with fibre, rock climb twice a week and try to squeeze in a lunchtime jog on the days I don’t. But when I recently ...

Being overweight is defined as having more body fat than is ideal for good health. Body mass index (BMI) is a measuring tool to define whether a person is in the overweight category. While overweight ...