A commission proposed a new definition of obesity focused on how excess fat affects the body, rather than assessing body mass ...

A group of 58 researchers is calling for a new, better way to measure obesity and excess body fat that goes beyond BMI.

New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and also take into account health ...

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

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than two in five American adults have obesity, a common and ...

New guidance from a team of health experts around the world proposes expanding the definition of obesity beyond the popular ...

"The idea of obesity as a disease is at the centre of one of the most controversial and polarising debates in modern medicine ...

The commission recommends a shift away from relying solely on BMI to more accurately define obesity as a disease.

The extent to which newer, incretin-based drugs for obesity improve disease outcomes via weight loss versus the direct ...

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

On one hand, obesity is known to lead to an increased risk of Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, some cancers and other health problems. This is why the World Health Organization among others ...