A new obesity definition, incorporating anthropometrics and organ health beyond BMI, reveals significantly higher prevalence. This comprehensive approach allows for earlier risk detection and ...

When you arrive at a doctor’s appointment, you likely get your height and weight measured — two numbers used to calculate your body mass index (BMI). From this metric, your physician can diagnose ...

As a researcher and psychologist studying body image for nearly 30 years, I have collaborated with doctors, psychologists, dietitians, social workers, educators, activists, and journalists. These ...

Type 2 diabetes (T2D) and obesity are metabolic conditions with many causes, including overlapping and distinct genetic ...

Obesity is now linked to at least 13 types of cancer, making it one of the most preventable cancer risk factors in the United States.

In the world of fat activism, the “O-words”—overweight and obesity—are expressly verboten. That’s because advocates and “fat studies” scholars want to destigmatize and accommodate fatness—their ...

What Is the Relationship Between Obesity and Inflammation? Obesity and inflammation are closely linked and can create a harmful cycle that disrupts your body's systems, harms organs, and raises the ...

While there are no specific symptoms of childhood obesity, doctors define obesity by body mass index (BMI) according to the weight and height of a person. Childhood obesity can put a child at risk of ...

It might be time to put down that tub of ice cream. Obesity is a problem that has long been plagued the United States. Though rates have dipped in 2025, obesity still remains a major issue for many ...