Northwestern Medicine has launched a program to help patients who have concerns related to obesity and are planning a ...

BMI, or body mass index, is an outdated measurement that fails to properly identify health risks, according to a new study.

I am a 75-year-old woman who isn’t prediabetic or diabetic. My BMI is 31.2. My doctor has prescribed a trial of metformin for ...

A new study reports that measurements that detect body fat are a more accurate predictor of mortality risk than body mass ...

As per a prospective cohort study, waist circumference along with BMI modestly improves the prediction of which postmenopausal women are at a higher risk for premature death.

About one-third of Canadians are now obese — with more weight gain happening during the pandemic, according to a new study.

Women with higher levels of body fat sometimes struggle to conceive and can face greater health risks during pregnancy.

BMI, or body mass index, is an outdated measurement that fails to properly identify health risks, according to a new study. Measuring body fat may be just as easy.

About 1 in 5 classified as overweight based on BMI alone considered to have obesity according to European society definition.

When it comes to measuring weight, BMI is the acronym everyone loves to hate, but authors of a new study say a different approach to weight measurement may be more accurate.

A new Irish health clinic is set to make ‘fat jabs’ more accessible to those battling obesity. But the top medic leading the ...