Data from the World Population Review for the U.S. and the World Health Organization for Europe reveal that America continues ...

The current definition of obesity, as set by the World Health Organization (WHO), is having excess body fat that poses a risk to health. The WHO recommends that healthcare workers assess whether ...

Researchers at Columbia University Irving Medical Center have identified the specific neurons in mice brains that tell them ...

Feb. 7, 2025 — People living in areas where obesity is more common may experience less stigma, which could help reduce some of the social and health consequences of being overweight. If people ...

Some critics also think there should be separation between those who have obesity as defined by certain criteria and those who experience health consequences as a result of obesity. Wen ...

Obesity isn’t just about struggling to fit into last year’s jeans – it’s a full-blown global crisis. The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that over one billion people worldwide are ...

The World Health Organization recommends exclusive breastfeeding ... Unhealthy eating patterns could lead to pediatric obesity and overweight, which have increased globally in recent years ...

Rethinking the way we define obesity could help millions of people worldwide, argue a team of researchers who want to introduce a new category of “preclinical” obesity. The current definition ...