Medically reviewed by Isabel Casimiro, MD, PhD Overweight and obesity mean weighing more than what's considered healthy for ...

Weight is an eternally-pressing topic, but conversations around GLP-1s and other weight loss drugs have brought it to the forefront even more. Body mass index (BMI) is the tool doctors use to ...

Worldwide, there’s a growing number of adults classified as overweight or obese. Those categorized as overweight face higher risks of chronic conditions such as diabetes and heart disease. At the same ...

While undernutrition remains a significant concern among children under 5 in most low- and middle-income countries, the prevalence of overweight and obesity is increasing among school-aged children ...

Without urgent policy reform and action, over half the world's adult population (3.8 billion) and a third of all children and adolescents (746 million) are forecast to be living with overweight or ...

Correction: An earlier version of this article stated that one-third of the world's population is "obese." It should have said "overweight or obese," as those are two distinct categories for medical ...

Viewers of The Biggest Loser would probably agree that watching the weight-loss show fills them with inspiration. Seeing the obese contestants struggle should motivate us to eat better, exercise and ...

Good gawd, fellow Californians. We are way too fluffy. Nearly 61% of California adults are overweight or obese, according to data from UCLA’s California Health Interview Survey. That makes the 32% of ...

Higher rates of death among younger Australians from cardiovascular disease has been linked to being overweight or obese, a ...