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

The Lancet Commission has declared obesity a disease. With enough controversy to fill a buffet table, their new definition is ...

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

The condition is better measured by looking at factors like inflammation, insulin resistance, and glucose tolerance, ...

Researchers at the, Riverside, backed by a substantial NIH grant, are pioneering a study on the unique immune responses to ...

A global Commission, published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology and endorsed by more than 75 medical organizations ...

Is obesity a disease or a risk factor for disease? In medical circles – and outside of them – the question is contentious, with supporters on either side. In a newly published report ...

"The idea of obesity as a disease is at the centre of one of the most controversial and polarising debates in modern medicine," said a paper by the 56-expert commission in the Lancet Diabetes & ...

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

The effects of SGLT2 inhibitors on the kidney to prevent progression of chronic kidney disease, congestive heart failure, ...