Andres Moreno, once the world's fattest man, died in December 2015 - just days after undergoing a life-saving stomach bypass ...

Andres Moreno was once regarded as the world's fattest man after ballooning to 980lbs at his heaviest - and on National ...

People are being “overdiagnosed” with obesity and there should be less reliance on body mass index (BMI) in assessments, a ...

Where you store fat, as opposed to how much you have, may be a bigger risk factor for colon cancer, a study published in JAMA ...

Global experts advised in addition to BMI, measuring 'waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, or waist-to-height ratio' be ...

An international commission made the case for focusing on body fat quantity and the illnesses people experience.

A Roscommon-Galway TD and medical doctor has welcomed a commitment from the incoming Government to develop a new policy ...

Six morbidly obese people are rescued by the fire service ... In October 2020, Britain's then-fattest man Jason Holton had to be lifted from his third-floor flat by a crane in a seven-hour ...

Yoga can aid in managing and preventing obesity, helping to shed pounds but by fostering a healthy relationship with the body ...

Obesity needs a new definition, argues a global group of health experts. For over 75 years, obesity has been called a disease by the World Health Organization. But the label is hotly debated.

A global commission of experts has called for a radical shift in how obesity is diagnosed, with less reliance on body mass index (BMI) to define disease. The commission, published in Lancet Diabetes ...