Body Mass Index, or BMI, has long been criticized as an unreliable method for measuring obesity — and now a group of experts ...

Objective The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and predictors of overweight and obesity in Burkina Faso using a population-based countrywide sample. We hypothesise that there is ...

A new Lancet Commission - made up of more than 50 experts from around the world - says a 'radical overhaul' is needed in how ...

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the impact of underweight, overweight, and obesity on the growth and development of preschoolers by comparing body shape characteristics across different ...

The UK is not alone in facing a growing obesity problem, of course. Around 39 percent of the adult population globally is now overweight, with 13 percent classified as obese, and this is placing a ...

Results When matched for LV mass, the combination of leftward anatomical axis deviation and increased BMI resulted in a reduction of the Sokolow–Lyon index, by 4 mm in overweight and 8 mm in obesity.

MailOnline has crunched the full data for all 296 authorities into an interactive map. A searchable chart also shows how ...