CHICAGO (Reuters) - Scientists have developed a new way to measure whether a person is too fat without having people step on the scale. The new measure, called the Body Adiposity Index, or BAI, relies ...

Researchers have developed an obesity-based health index that more accurately predicted mortality in a study, according to a CMAJ report. Going beyond traditional measures of obesity like the body ...

Every so often, the conversations that people in health care have become so pervasive that they dominate the zeitgeist, intersecting with mainstream media and popular culture. Oprah Winfrey’s recent ...