We define two categories of obesity based on objective signs and symptoms of poor health due to excess body fat. A person ...

Obesity has been an ongoing struggle for many consumers, and for years, body mass index (BMI) has been the key metric health ...

A global group of experts has suggested a new approach to diagnosing and treating obesity that does not rely solely on the ...

A document endorsed by more than 56 experts worldwide, published in 'The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology', proposes a change ...

Doctors check a person's body mass index by dividing their weight in kilometres by the square of their height in metres. If ...

By coincidence (they started before GLP -1 drugs were approved for slimming), a group of 56 doctors have just answered that ...

A global commission of experts has called for a radical shift in how obesity is diagnosed, with less reliance on body mass index (BMI) to define disease. The commission, published in Lancet Diabetes ...

The new definition proposed by the Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology Commission, a group of 58 leading experts from various ...

Understanding the definition of obesity: experts examine the limitations of body-mass index (BMI) and propose alternative ...

The Lancet, a global medical journal that works with academics to identify issues in public health, hosted a Commission on ...

India revises obesity guidelines after 15 years, emphasizing body fat distribution and health risks for Asian Indian ...

A global Commission, published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology and endorsed by 75 medical organizations around the world, presents a novel, nuanced approach to diagnose obesity, based on other ...