If you are one of the many people saying “I am overweight” science may have a way for you to reverse this without exercise. The increase in obesity has risen to record levels in much of the western ...

Dear Eric: I had a conversation with some pals and disclosed that I am biased against seriously overweight people. I am talking about people who are so overweight they must use scooters to get from ...

Q: I'm one of the biggest kids in my school (in both weight and height). I'm 13, and am close to 6 feet. I weigh approximately 180 to 190 pounds. I get called fat ALL the time and it hurts a lot. The ...

The weight problem afflicting the majority of Australians is about more than tight clothes. Professor Kerryn Phelps explains how to tell exactly how many kilograms you need to lose. With more than ...

Eating too much is an obvious factor for being overweight, but it's not the only one. The Weight-control Information Network explains these additional factors for being overweight: Consuming more ...

Body mass index has (rightfully) been called out time and time again as a deeply flawed metric of health, but internet trolls still love to invoke it when they’re trying to weight-shame. So when ...