In general, people are considered overweight if their BMI is over 25. If their BMI is over 30, they have obesity. But BMI is not a perfect measurement of overall health, because it doesn't ...

Paternal obesity was associated with rapid BMI growth trajectories among offspring, especially in the presence of maternal obesity.

A new study published in Current Environmental Health Reports finds that the world is startlingly unprepared to deal with the mental health consequences of climate change. Of 83 action plans for ...

In 2017, the World Health Organization recognized snakebite envenoming as a neglected tropical disease. "Since then, only limited progress has been made," said David Lalloo, vice chancellor of the ...

The top health authorities of the U.S. and Argentina are launching what they call an “alternative international health system” separate from the World Health Organization (WHO). On the first ...

where healthcare systems have access to fewer resources. The resolution, adopted on Saturday during the 78th WHA, tasks the World Health Organization's (WHO) director general with developing a 10 ...

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On March 20, members of the World Health Organization adopted the world's first pandemic agreement after three years of "intensive negotiations launched by governments in response to the ...