Obesity classification is a ranking of obesity, the medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it has an adverse effect...

Some East Asian countries use lower values to calculate obesity. Obesity is a major cause of disability and is correlated with various diseases and conditions...

Abdominal obesity, also known as central obesity and truncal obesity, is the human condition of an excessive concentration of visceral fat around the...

values of WHtR indicate higher risk of obesity-related cardiovascular diseases; it is correlated with abdominal obesity. More than twenty-five years ago, waist-to-height...

uses of anthropometry Normal weight obesity – Metabolically obese normal weight Relative fat mass – Ratio-based formula for estimating obesity in humans...

percentage, leading to some of the same health risks as obesity. The term "metabolically obese normal weight" (MONW) refers to people with normal weight...

Australia found that obesity in Australia more than doubled in the two decades preceding 2003, and the unprecedented rise in obesity has been compared to...

index as an indicator of relative obesity". The interest in an index that measures body fat came with observed increasing obesity in prosperous Western...

used to manage obesity and obesity-related conditions. Long term weight loss with bariatric surgery may be achieved through alteration of gut hormones,...

prevalence of childhood obesity is known to differ by sex and gender. Body mass index (BMI) is acceptable for determining obesity for children two years of age...