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The obesity rate in America keeps on growing and is expected to get even bigger
A new study finds that three quarters of American adults and half of adolescents are too heavy. That's making more of us sick and creating enormous health care costs.
Everything you need to know about weight loss jabs such as Wegovy as chemists demand clampdown
Millions of Brits are now eligible for the appetite-suppressing jabs which can come with unpleasant side effects - but NHS rationing means only a tiny fraction will be prescribed them ...
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Masterclass: A GP’s complete guide to diabetes
As part of our Masterclass series, GP specialist in diabetes Dr Elizabeth Martin explains the key points in prevention, ...
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Stop Relying On BMI As Only Measure of Obesity, Says Lancet Report: ‘Fit People Likely Ruled Overweight’
Medical experts have urged a shift away from the Body Mass Index (BMI) as the main yardstick to determine obesity as it does not factor in body fat levels. The prevalent method is so flawed that it ...
The New Zealand Herald14d
Letters: Obesity is caused by food choices, not childhood trauma; the need for private healthcare system
The editorial this week references a study linking childhood trauma and obesity in children, which throws up some interesting questions (January 15). The Growing Up in New Zealand study has a ...
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Doctors propose new definitions of obesity that would move away from BMI
Francesco Rubino, the chair of the Commission on Clinical Obesity and a professor at King's College London, told reporters use of GLP-1 class of drugs to treat obesity, such as Wegovy and Ozempic, was ...
BMJ16d
Define obesity as clinical or pre-clinical for more accurate diagnosis, says global commission
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 Bolton News16d
People ‘being misdiagnosed’ on obesity, say experts
People are being “overdiagnosed” with obesity, leading medics have warned as they called for a “reframing” of the way the condition is diagnosed. Academics have suggested that a body mass ...
Medscape17d
New Weight Loss Drugs May Fight Obesity-Related Cancer, Too
Iyengar researches the relationship between obesity and cancer. “I foresee that this class of drugs will revolutionize obesity and the cancer burden that comes with it, if people can get access ...
The Hamilton Spectator17d
Obesity won’t be solely defined by BMI under new plan for diagnosis by global experts
A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial body mass index and hoping to better identify people who need treatment ...
The Lancet17d
Definition and diagnostic criteria of clinical obesity
bnHealth Promotion and Obesity Management Unit, Department of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medical Science, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland boSchool of Public Health, Tongji Medical ...