Learn how doctors categorize obesity into classes using BMI, as well as related health risks and treatments based on the ...

Diabetes and kidney disease are major risk factors for heart disease, yet many cases are undiagnosed. In fact, most people don’t realize their heart, kidney and metabolic health – how the body creates ...

A new study suggests that one of the most widely used health metrics, BMI, may be getting it wrong for a large portion of the ...

Redefining obesity based not only on body mass index (BMI) but on whether excess body fat is causing measurable health ...

First, it helps to understand the difference between the two common ways physiologists report VO2 max. Relative VO2 max takes ...

A new way to define obesity aims to sharpen the diagnosis. Critics warn it could delay care, exclude diabetes, and deepen ...