Obesity affects over 1 billion people globally, with 40 percent of U.S. adults classified as obese under the present framework, ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- I’ve long known that obesity is a problem in America. I hear about it all the time in TV ads for miracle drugs and from fitness centers that insist clients do more than they ...

The economic burden of obesity is also significant. In the Finger Lakes, excess medical spending due to obesity is estimated ...

People with obesity who do not have such problems should be considered to ... discrimination particularly in employment as well as the social stigma associated with the condition," he added.

“People with excess body fat do not always have a BMI that indicates they are living with obesity, meaning their health problems can go unnoticed,” commission member Dr. Robert Eckel, chair of ...

People with clinical obesity meet BMI and other markers of obesity and have evidence of organ, tissue or other problems caused by excess weight. That could include heart disease, high blood ...

Want the eyeballs of people with obesity? Think TV. That is a takeaway from a CMI survey that suggests the fight for ...