A new study finds that three quarters of American adults and half of adolescents are too heavy. That's making more of us sick ...

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 ...

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A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial body mass index and hoping to better identify people who need treatment ...

Reporter Jonathan Saltzman and data journalist Scooty Nickerson dive into the numbers. Despite its love of lobster rolls, clam chowder, and Dunkin’, Massachusetts consistently boasts one of the ...

By Gina Kolata Obesity should be assessed in a way that goes beyond the standard measure of body mass index, or B.M.I., according to a new definition of the condition released by an international ...