Instead of using the controversial body mass index, or BMI, to assess weight, an international group of scientists proposes ...

In Tuesday's issue of The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, dozens of international medical experts and people with lived ...

Doctors worldwide should diagnose obesity differently, relying on broader criteria and taking into account when the condition ...

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

A group of experts from around the world are proposing an alternative way of defining clinical obesity, eschewing the ...

More than 1 billion people worldwide live with obesity, and the condition is linked to about 5 million deaths every year from ...

As of March 2020, nearly 42% of US adults had obesity, with the report estimating that more than a billion people are living ...

Traditionally BMI was used to define obesity, but a team of doctors redefined obesity based on the Indian population.

The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology published its Commission on the definition and diagnostic criteria of clinical obesity.

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Instead of BMI, the commission recommends that obesity be diagnosed through one of these methods: Using another measurement ...

Obesity is now understood as a condition that affects the functions of organs and tissues, leading to complications such as ...