The advice to “eat less, move more” isn’t just outdated, it’s harmful. Obesity is a chronic condition shaped by biology, ...

Understanding the link between obesity, fatty liver disease and kidney stones provides a new perspective on prevention and ...

Get a load of this — you may be obese after all! About 40% of US adults — more than 100 million Americans — are considered ...

“The whole goal of this is to get a more precise definition so that we are targeting the people who actually need the help ...

Discover how smoking during pregnancy may increase childhood obesity risk, according to new research from Washington State ...

“The whole goal of this is to get a more precise definition so that we are targeting the people who actually need the help most,” said Dr. David Cummings, an obesity expert at the University ...

When a team of scientists led by a Washington State University researcher examined the way that more than 9,400 children grew ...

Experts have called for urgent action to prevent obesity from becoming the global norm. By 2050, ... (IHME), University of Washington in Seattle, United States, ...

But Dr. David Cummings, a commission member and an obesity expert at the University of Washington, suggested they could be restricted to patients diagnosed with clinical obesity. That group’s ...

"Obesity is at a crisis point throughout the USA, with every state challenged to some degree," said co-author Affiliate Associate Professor Marie Ng from IHME, University of Washington, USA.

Under recommendations released Tuesday night, obesity would no longer be defined solely by BMI, a calculation of height and weight, but combined with other measurements, such as waist ...