Body mass index is a quick way to find out if you're at a healthy weight, but one expert says it doesn't offer a full picture of health.

Obese children outnumber underweight ones globally, and ‘social determinants’ in kids’ lived environments play a fundamental role. Obesity in kids can lead to a lifetime of poor health.

Overreliance on BMI as a measure of weight and health has deepened inequities and led to inaccuracies and overgeneralizations.

The American Academy of Pediatrics has recently released new obesity management guidelines in order to help address the growing obesity crisis in children.

Researchers have found a correlation between vitamin D’s positive health outcomes and a person’s body mass index (BMI).

Boys, LGBTQ youth and people with normal body mass index are often overlooked when it comes to recognizing eating disorders, a physician and psychotherapist explain.

Weight discrimination, like teasing, is common among youth and linked to eating disorders and depression. Youth’s health and well-being would be best supported by not focusing on their weight.

Harvard Chan’s David Williams, whose research looks at how discrimination affects Black people’s health, talks about his pioneering work to assess the toll that police killings are having on Black mental health.

Excess weight among pregnant women may put the developing fetal brains at risk as early as the second trimester, a new study shows.