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 ...

Is obesity a disease or a risk factor for disease? In medical circles – and outside of them – the question is contentious, with supporters on either side. In a newly published report, the Global ...

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 ...