A group of 58 researchers is calling for a new, better way to measure obesity. The global team’s recommendations were published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology on Jan. 14. Body mass index (BMI) ...

This is part of a series about new obesity drugs that are transforming patients’ lives, dividing medical experts, and spurring one of the biggest business battles in years. Read more about The Obesity ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than 4 in 10 Americans now fit the medical definition for having obesity, putting them at risk for serious health problems, ...

CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR, CHIEF INTERNATIONAL ANCHOR: And as we said, it’s streaming live now — or no, it’s streaming now on Apple TV. We turn next to a health crisis in the United States. A new Biden ...

A large and growing share of Americans are obese, a phenomenon many health experts are calling an epidemic. Since the late 1970s, the share of adults in the United States who are obese has grown from ...

World Obesity Day on Wednesday is drawing attention to a problem a Polish specialist says affects millions, with serious ...

Obesity is a complex, chronic disease that has now become a global public health crisis. The World Health Organization (WHO) says that more than 1 billion people across the world are living with ...

More than 4 in 10 Americans now fit the medical definition for having obesity, putting them at risk for serious health problems, including diabetes, heart disease and some types of cancer. But when ...