The reclassification this summer by the American Medical Association of obesity as “a disease state” effectively declared that one-third of all Americans has a medical condition requiring treatment.

Is obesity among the most misunderstood, misclassified, and mistreated diseases? Over the past 30 years, researchers have not only identified a key hormone (leptin) that helps regulate appetite and ...

In recent years, defining features of different weight classes have moved beyond BMI (body mass index) to include a broader range of measures. If a new proposal is accepted, almost 70 percent of US ...

Obesity in the United States is no longer a slow-moving crisis. A sweeping redefinition of what counts as unhealthy body fat means that nearly seven in ten adults could now fall into an obesity ...

Nearly a fifth of U.S. adults previously deemed “overweight” would be categorized as “obese” under a 2024 obesity classification framework, according to a new study published in Annals of Internal ...

In a recent study published in the International Journal of Obesity, researchers examined nursing behaviors and their relationships with maternal anthropometric factors and the serological metabolome ...

World Obesity Atlas 2026 reports India ranks second globally in childhood obesity burden, with projections showing rising BMI ...