Just as many presume that people with obesity are unhealthy, the same bias reinforces that people of normal weight must be healthy, contributing to the neglect of hypertension, diabetes ...

Instead of using the controversial body mass index, or BMI, to assess weight, an international group of scientists proposes ...

BMI is a number based on your height and weight, which helps your provider determine whether you have obesity, overweight, within a normal range, or underweight. BMI can be a sensitive topic ...

The condition is better measured by looking at factors like inflammation, insulin resistance, and glucose tolerance, ...

27, 2025 — A study shows that patients with obesity and fatty liver-related cirrhosis who had bariatric (weight-loss ... approach provides a detailed picture of the biological pathways ...

With a rumoured BMI of over 29, at the time, the 35-year-old mother-of-three and body-positive activist was hovering on the cusp of obesity ... obese rather than normal weight and unfit ...

Those with chronic illnesses caused by their weight ... "Obesity is a spectrum," says Prof Francesco Rubino, from King's College London, who chaired the group. "Some have it and manage to live a ...

In fact, losing weight now may ... strong associations with obesity. The heaviest participants had a 40 to 80% higher risk of dying from cancer than participants of normal weight.

New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and take into account health ...