Learn the key differences between being overweight and having obesity, the limitations of BMI, and the latest medical ...

Belly fat may reveal a hidden heart risk that the bathroom scale and BMI often miss.

The Body Mass Index (BMI) system may be misdiagnosing people as overweight or obese, according to a study. Researchers in Italy compared the tool – which measures body fat based on height and weight – ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers calculated that a BMI cutoff of 33.7 kg/m 2 should be used to diagnose obesity in male athletes.

New research to be presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2025, Malaga, Spain, 11-14 May) shows that the internationally recognized body mass index (BMI) cut-off points greatly ...

Overweight patients showed worse progression-free and overall survival rates compared to normal weight and obese patients, indicating a U-shaped relationship between BMI and CAR T-cell therapy ...

Eli Lilly LLY announced positive top-line results from a late-stage study evaluating its next-generation, experimental ...

A fat molecule linked to obesity may accelerate the progression of Alzheimer's disease and affect memory, according to a ...

Obesity does not just enlarge fat stores, it appears to rework the body’s wiring and immune landscape in ways scientists have ...

Nearly 3 out of 4 Americans are overweight (32 percent) or have obesity (40 percent).[1] For years, both have been diagnosed using body mass index (BMI), which assesses a person’s body weight in ...