Q: My doctor just told me that I'm now considered obese. A week ago, I wasn't -- and I haven't gained any weight. What's going on? -- Claire T., Louisville, Kentucky ...

COULD ACTUALLY BE MUCH MORE ACCURATE. A MARY SALADNA IS IN THE NEWSROOM AND MARY THE RESULTS AREN’T GOOD. NO, THEY’RE NOT, BUT THE RESULTS ARE MORE REALISTIC AND MORE PROOF THAT BODY COMPOSITION ...

The Yale team defined BMI-defined obesity using well-established threshold set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Academy of Pediatric ...

More than 100 million American adults are living with obesity - and that number is set to skyrocket with new criteria for diagnosing the chronic condition. Doctors in Massachusetts said Wednesday that ...

Seventy percent of Americans may now be classified as obese, according to a new study authored by Harvard Medical School researchers investigating an updated definition for obesity. This figure is up ...

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

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Below please find summaries of new articles that will be published in the next issue of Annals of Internal Medicine. The summaries are not intended to substitute for the full articles as a source of ...

The European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO) framework may offer a more sensitive measure of obesity than traditional body mass index. HealthDay News — The European Association for the ...

In the first multinational study of a proposed change to how obesity is defined—which calls for health factors beyond a person’s height and weight to be considered—an international team of researchers ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The effects of childhood obesity can have negative impacts into adulthood if left untreated. Fox advises ...