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"Closing the Gap Between Evidence and Practice for Childhood Obesity Treatment," authored by Pennington Biomedical’s Pediatric Obesity and Health Behavior Laboratory’s Dr. Amanda Staiano and Dr.

LONDON – Medical experts proposed a radical overhaul of how obesity is diagnosed, moving away from relying on body mass alone and adding broader measurements such as heart health. The ...

DOHA: The National Bariatric Center (NBC) of the Qatar Metabolic Institute (QMI) at Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) has earned prestigious recognition as a Collaborating Center ...

The Lancet medical journal’s Diabetes & Endocrinology Commission last week proposed a new definition and method for diagnosing obesity, beyond simply looking at a person’s Body Mass Index (BMI), the ...

Obesity remains a significant health issue in the U.S.; a May 2024 report by the Centers for Disease Control states that two in five adults—approximately 41.9%, around 100 million people—of U.S.

Yanee Ratborirak, acting director of ThaiHealth’s Office of Media System Promotion and Intellectual Health, said Thailand has the third-highest level of childhood obesity among the 10 members of ...

New guidelines are changing how obesity is diagnosed. One change is establishing a “pre-clinical” category, which could help with providing coverage for medications and surgical procedures ...

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 term overweight is no more a part of the India-specific obesity guidelines that were revised after nearly 15 years and published on Wednesday. The term overweight has been replaced with ...

Experts are proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial body mass index (BMI). Under new recommendations, obesity would no longer be defined ...

The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology Commission, a group of 58 leading experts from various medical specialties and countries, on Tuesday proposed a new approach to defining and diagnosing obesity.