Under the current rules, a body-mass-index (BMI) score of 18.5 to 25 is healthy, 25 to 29 is overweight, and 30 or above counts as obese - the point at which the risk of serious illness soars.

Obesity experts have a proposed a 'radical overhaul' of how obesity is diagnosed, arguing BMI charts alone are not 'nuanced' ...

Noncommunicable diseases like heart disease, stroke, and diabetes now cause two-thirds of global deaths, surpassing infections. Experts urge urgent preventive policies to tackle this growing crisis.

On October 7, a picture taken by the AP showing Texas National Guard troops arriving outside of Chicago went viral.

Country star Zach Top, who grew up in Sunnyside, Washington, addressed allegations that his country accent is fake.

Higher circulating levels of the adipokines leptin and FGF-21 were independently linked to a greater risk for osteoporotic fracture among patients with RA.

Millions of older women take calcium supplements to protect their bones, but many have worried whether the pills might harm ...

Calcium supplements likely do not increase the risk of dementia or dementia-related death, especially in older women looking to maintain their bone health, a new study indicates.

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Two studies demonstrate that a large proportion of the population has visceral adiposity even at BMIs below the obesity ...

Body mass index (BMI) alone may not be enough to measure someone's risk of cardiometabolic disease, according to researchers ...