New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and also take into account health problems from extra weight and other measurements.
Obesity is linked to many common diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease, fatty liver disease and knee ...
Despite evidence that some people with excess adiposity have ill health due to obesity, obesity is generally considered a ...
A larger body doesn’t necessarily mean you have ‘clinical obesity’, according to a proposed new definition of the disease.
New guidance from a team of health experts around the world proposes expanding the definition of obesity beyond the popular ...
Over one billion people in the world are estimated to have obesity. Some experts believe its treatment and diagnosis need a ...
A global Commission, published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology and endorsed by more than 75 medical organizations ...
An international commission made the case for focusing on body fat quantity and the illnesses people experience.
A crude measure of weight relative to height, BMI is commonly used to diagnose obesity—even though many experts and ...
The two-tiered classification focuses on preclinical and clinical stages of disease, and should help inform treatment ...
Experts say clinical obesity is more than a high BMI and instead is a disease in which excess body fat harms tissues, organs or doing daily activities.
BMI falls short as a way to measure obesity. Doctors need to also determine whether body fat harms a person's health.
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