For years, a debate has raged over how obesity is diagnosed. Currently, many countries define obesity as having a body mass ...

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

A global Commission, published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology and endorsed by 75 medical organizations around the world, presents a novel, nuanced approach to diagnose obesity, based on other ...

Obesity is estimated to affect more than ... The new definitions were endorsed by more than 75 medical organizations around the world, but it's not clear how widely or quickly they could be ...

The commercialisation of junk food, increase in inactive lifestyles with prolonged sitting, and high stress environments, ...

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

Do people with obesity have a disease? Experts believe it should be split into two categories -- and diagnosed using accurate ...

It’s time to rethink what ‘obesity’ means as an international group of experts says the body mass index has limited value ...

Instead, the commission recommends the confirmation of obesity around the body using one of the following methods: At least one measurement of body size including waist circumference, waist-to-hip ...