Researchers found that one way of eating could slow biological aging in people with obesity, but experts urge it's pretty ...

Obesity has long been classified as a global epidemic — and new data published in The Lancet journal spotlights how much ...

Body mass index (BMI) is key method for measuring a person's weight status, and defining if they have normal weight, overweight, or obesity.

Waist-to-height ratio should be used in conjunction with BMI to assess overweight and obesity in children and adolescents, a ...

The prevalence of metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease, chronic kidney disease, and obstructive sleep ...

On the state level, groups like the Chronic Disease Coalition ... Obesity trajectories are also high in the working-age population. Obesity has been shown to decrease life expectancy and work ...

Obesity speeds up biological aging at the molecular level, but this study finds that a very-low-calorie ketogenic diet (VLCKD ...

A new small study finds that certain nutritional choices may be a way to keep biological age low and even reverse it.

They also noted that the definition of overweight and obesity is based on BMI (body mass index), "which does not account for variations in body structure across ethnic groups and subpopulations." ...