For years, medical experts have defined obesity primarily based on body mass index, which measures stored fat by calculating height and weight, to determine a person’s health risks. Major public ...

New obesity standards focus on belly fat and body composition, affecting men and Asian individuals most dramatically ...

Prevalence increased to 68.6 percent with new criteria, which include anthropometric measures such as waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, waist-to-height ratio. (HealthDay News) — Implementation ...

The Arkansas Health Survey provides a detailed portrait of physical and mental health across the state. Arkansas is only the second state, following California, to conduct an in-depth health survey to ...