A new definition of obesity could classify more than three-quarters of US adults as having the disease, impacting the ...

New obesity criteria that add waist and body fat measures to BMI could classify nearly 70% of U.S. adults as obese, according ...

Obesity in the United States is no longer a slow-moving crisis. A sweeping redefinition of what counts as unhealthy body fat ...

There hasn’t been testing on humans, but researchers said the early results in animals indicate that obese males benefit less ...

In fact, they're more than three times more likely to be obese than men who remained unmarried. In research to be presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2025) in Spain in May, Polish ...

19. Myrtle Beach, S.C. 20. El Paso, Texas The McAllen, Texas, metro area has the highest share of obese adults, which is 2.4 times higher than in Asheville, N.C., the metro area with the lowest. The ...

Kent County's childhood obesity data is higher than statewide and national averages, county health officials say.

New research in eClinicalMedicine reveals that nearly half of people with obstructive sleep apnea are not obese, challenging long-held assumptions and calling for more inclusive screening strategies.

Kent County's first Childhood Obesity Surveillance Report reveals 40% of local children are overweight or obese.