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

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

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

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 ...

Using body-mass index to tell who is overweight or obese is not reliable and can result in misdiagnosis, the Commission on ...

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

A larger body doesn’t necessarily mean you have ‘clinical obesity’, according to a proposed new definition of the disease.

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

Clinical obesity’ and 'pre-clinical obesity' have been introduced as the new categories for diagnosing obesity, which they ...

“Weight bias is stronger in people who think obesity is easily reversed by just deciding to eat less and exercise more,” says ...

The relationship between class 3 obesity and cardiovascular disease is undeniable, and the higher the BMI, the more significant ... it is crucial for healthcare providers, policymakers, and ...