The nations growing obesity challenge particularly the rise in abdominal obesity is a call to action The key to better health ...

The average weight for women in the U.S. is 170.8 pounds, and the average height is 5 feet, 3 inches tall. These are ...

In the case of breast cancer, women with a higher BMI do have higher rates of recurrence compared to women in the "normal" ...

Decades of research and news articles espousing an “obesity epidemic” and tons of weight-loss products launched under the ...

New research presented at the Congress on Obesity reveals significant differences in body composition among people with ...

Eighty-two million adults spend an estimated $28 billion on gym memberships each year. Why? Some people exercise to prevent ...

Excess weight in midlife is a known risk factor for kidney cancer, but new research indicates that weight patterns throughout ...