An international committee of scientists has proposed changing the way obesity is defined and diagnosed. The proposal adds ...

The recommendations also put forth two new diagnosis categories: clinical obesity and pre-obesity. The first describes people with evidence of health conditions caused by excess weight, such as heart ...

Calling people obese is medically "flawed" - and the definition should be split into two, a report from global experts says.

Fetuses of pregnant people who gained excess weight in the first trimester of pregnancy show signs of excess fat distribution in the upper arm and in the abdomen, according to a new study. These ...

In one 2013 review of 14 studies, researchers found that children with depression were more likely to develop obesity in adulthood. Obesity may be associated with mental health challenges like ...

A group of global health experts are proposing changes to how obesity is defined and diagnosed. Their aim is to move beyond the long-criticized Body Mass Index (BMI) in favor of combining other ...

A weight loss doctor has warned that forcing children to finish everything on their plate could lead to overeating habits and ...

Teenagers should be considering their dementia risk, academics say, after a new study suggested having an unhealthy childhood could affect the brain in later life. A child’s body mass index (BMI ...