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

BMI has long been falling out of favor. When the American Medical Association urged downgrading BMI in 2023, it blamed its ...

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 ...

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

An international committee of experts has urged doctors to move away from relying on BMI in diagnosing obesity.

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

LIVER cancer has become the UK’s fastest rising cause of cancer death with obesity, smoking and boozing behind higher cases, ...

A global Commission endorsed by over 75 medical organisations worldwide has proposed revamping the diagnosis of obesity.

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 ...

The Global Commission on Clinical Obesity is recommending a new approach which focuses on other measures of excess body fat ...