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

A new definition of obesity could nearly double the prevalence of U.S. adults with the condition, a new study published ...

It’s estimated more than one billion people in the world are living with obesity as defined by the current definition that relies solely on body mass index or BMI. Now health care experts say one-size ...

For years, medical experts have defined obesity primarily based on body mass index, which measures stored fat by calculating height and weight, to determine a person’s health risks. Major public ...

The prevalence of obesity was 75.2% among adults in the U.S. when new criteria proposed by The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology Commission was used to diagnose the disease, researchers reported in a ...

JAMA study shows more than 75% of American adults could qualify as obese under revised criteria - Anadolu Ajansı ...

Millions of Americans long considered outside the obesity category may, in fact, face many of the same health risks.