Over 100 million U.S. adults are obese, and more than 22 million have severe obesity—that equates to more than two in five adults, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

We’ll start at the very beginning: Body mass index (BMI) is a measure of someone’s weight compared to their height whereas body fat percentage is a measure of how much body fat someone has relative to ...

This article was reviewed by Craig Primack, MD, FACP, FAAP, FOMA. We’ll start at the very beginning: Body mass index (BMI) is a measure of someone’s weight compared to their height whereas body fat ...

Excess body weight appears to be a direct cause of vascular dementia, with the damage largely driven by high blood pressure. A new genetic analysis indicates that maintaining a healthy weight and ...