“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 ...

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

“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 ...

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 ...

Overweight people have a BMI between 25 and 30, while obesity is defined as a BMI of 30 or over, researchers said. A projected rise in obesity among people 65 or older is expected to strain health ...

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 ...