About one-third of Canadians are now obese — with more weight gain happening during the pandemic, according to a new study.

I am a 75-year-old woman who isn’t prediabetic or diabetic. My BMI is 31.2. My doctor has prescribed a trial of metformin for ...

Dear J.H.: Metformin, a treatment for diabetes that works mostly by preventing the liver from making sugar, isn't new and has ...

Stratifying body mass index (BMI) categories by waist circumference (WC) thresholds improves mortality risk prediction in postmenopausal women.

The European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO) framework may offer a more sensitive measure of obesity than traditional body mass index (BMI).