Get a load of this — you may be obese after all! About 40% of US adults — more than 100 million Americans — are considered ...

“The whole goal of this is to get a more precise definition so that we are targeting the people who actually need the help most,” Dr. David Cummings, a University of Washington obesity expert ...

Discover how smoking during pregnancy may increase childhood obesity risk, according to new research from Washington State ...

“The whole goal of this is to get a more precise definition so that we are targeting the people who actually need the help most,” said Dr. David Cummings, an obesity expert at the University ...

To help stem the epidemic of obesity in the United States, a government advisory group yesterday urged for the first time that doctors weigh and measure all adults and recommend intensive ...

Obesity Threatens a Generation 'Catastrophe' of Earlier Deaths, Higher Health Costs. May 17, 2008. By Susan Levine ...

Washington University School of Medicine said Monday it's receiving $14 million to test a family based program that aims to curb childhood obesity.

Overweight people have a BMI between 25 and 30, while obesity is defined as a BMI of 30 or over, researchers said. A projected rise in obesity among people 65 or older is expected to strain health ...

“The whole goal of this is to get a more precise definition so that we are targeting the people who actually need the help most,” said Dr. David Cummings, an obesity expert at the University ...