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

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

Obesity medications promise transformative care, but financial and systemic barriers limit access for those most in need.

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The Global Commission on Clinical Obesity has put forward 18 criteria for diagnosing clinical obesity, moving away from the ...

a commissioner and professor of medicine and medical education at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, in an interview with ABC News. Clinical obesity, by contrast, involves ...

Health experts are recommending rethinking the way obesity is defined and treated, calling for BMI calculations to be left in ...

Former World Obesity Federation chair Professor Louise ... So, I actually think that this is a real opportunity to allow better education at the patient level and the practitioner level about ...

Children with traumatic experiences in their early lives have a higher risk of obesity. But as our new research shows, this risk can be reduced ...