Definitions can play an important role in legislation. Defining words or phrases is done to provide the reader of the legislative text with clear guidance regarding how those words or phrases are to ...

The new definitions aim to resolve any conflict in medical circles over whether obesity is a disease or just a risk factor. Global health leaders have proposed a “dramatic overhaul” of the way ...

In Tuesday's issue of The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, 58 international experts across a range of medical specialties and people with lived experience released a report proposing a new definition ...

The international Commission on Clinical Obesity which proposed the new definitions called it a nuanced approach. Their report includes 18 diagnostic criteria for clinical obesity in adults and ...