(CNN) — For years, medical experts have defined obesity primarily based on body mass index, which measures stored fat by calculating height and weight, to determine a person’s health risks.
Some folks struggling with obesity appear to be hampered by their own genes when it comes to working off those extra pounds, ...
Effective treatment of childhood obesity significantly lowers long-term health risks, including type 2 diabetes and ...
Body Mass Index, or BMI, has long been criticized as an unreliable method for measuring obesity — and now a group of experts ...
(CNN) — For years, medical experts have defined obesity primarily based on body mass index, which measures stored fat by calculating height and weight, to determine a person’s health risks.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than two in five American adults have obesity, a common and ...