By Gina Kolata Obesity should be assessed in a way that goes beyond the standard measure of body mass index, or B.M.I., according to a new definition of the condition released by an international ...

The current definition of obesity, as set by the World Health Organization (WHO), is having excess body fat that poses a risk to health. The WHO recommends that healthcare workers assess whether ...

This Commission sought to define clinical obesity as a condition of illness that, akin to the notion of chronic disease in other medical specialties, directly results from the effect of excess ...

bnHealth Promotion and Obesity Management Unit, Department of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medical Science, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland boSchool of Public Health, Tongji Medical ...

Though it sometimes feels like everyone's following the same trend (AI), the technology we saw at CES 2025 was remarkably diverse, from practical devices for your home to mind-bogglingly ...

As wildfires spread across Los Angeles, authorities are struggling to contain the blazes, which the public can track via CAL FIRE, a web service provided by the state’s Department of Forestry ...

Webster, N.Y. — The Town of Webster fell victim to a phishing scam totaling $520,275.67, according to a statement released Thursday. The incident happened in November when scam artists posed as ...