Overweight and obesity are two different health conditions involving weighing more than what you and your provider determined is right for you. Obesity is a more severe form of excess body fat and is ...

Weight is an eternally-pressing topic, but conversations around GLP-1s and other weight loss drugs have brought it to the forefront even more. Body mass index (BMI) is the tool doctors use to ...

While undernutrition remains a significant concern among children under 5 in most low- and middle-income countries, the prevalence of overweight and obesity is increasing among school-aged children ...

Correction: An earlier version of this article stated that one-third of the world's population is "obese." It should have said "overweight or obese," as those are two distinct categories for medical ...

Viewers of The Biggest Loser would probably agree that watching the weight-loss show fills them with inspiration. Seeing the obese contestants struggle should motivate us to eat better, exercise and ...

Good gawd, fellow Californians. We are way too fluffy. Nearly 61% of California adults are overweight or obese, according to data from UCLA’s California Health Interview Survey. That makes the 32% of ...