Come prepared with the right questions and information about your goals, weight loss history, and diet and exercise plan to ...

Under the current rules, a body-mass-index (BMI) score of 18.5 to 25 is healthy, 25 to 29 is overweight, and 30 or above counts as obese - the point at which the risk of serious illness soars.

A new definition of obesity endorsed by 76 health organizations could dramatically increase the number of Americans ...

The prevalence of obesity in the United States could rise sharply under a definition of obesity released earlier this year by ...

To lose weight after pregnancy, try the following tips: breastfeed, eat small meals, snack healthily, don't skip breakfast, ...

A healthy body fat percentage is between 14% and 31% for women and 10% to 25% for men. However, these are just averages and ...

With the explosion in popularity of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic, another industry has popped up, claiming to offer “natural” ...

Short bursts of exercise of around 5 minutes twice a day could help improve heart and lung function, new research suggests.

A growing number of researchers are calling for the end of BMI as a measure of health, arguing it’s outdated, misleading, and rooted in discrimination.

In a world where slimness is often equated with health, a new Danish study has flipped the narrative: being slightly ...

While we've known for some time that obesity affects the brain, scientists have found that, more importantly, it's where you carry it that matters. And it's the deep visceral fat around organs that ...