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Computer navigation-assisted TKR significantly improves alignment and reduces perioperative complications in obese patients: study
Obesity has also been recognized as the most important modifiable risk factor for osteoarthritis. Total knee replacement (TKR ...
The link between obesity and cancer risk
Obesity, recognized as a complex and growing health issue, is associated with an increased risk of various cancers. A ...
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Beyond BMI: New report reframes obesity as a spectrum of illness, not just a risk factor
BMI has long been falling out of favor. When the American Medical Association urged downgrading BMI in 2023, it blamed its ...
Obesity won’t be solely defined by BMI under new plan for diagnosis by global experts
Under recommendations released Tuesday night, obesity would no longer be defined solely by BMI, a calculation of height and ...
Science Daily2d
New insights into the biology and risk factors of childhood obesity
A cutting-edge molecular approach provides a detailed picture of the biological pathways associated with childhood obesity and metabolic dysfunction, and identifies environmental risk factors during ...
Children with traumatic experiences have a higher risk of obesity – but this can be turned around
New research shows kids with more positive experiences – from stable routines to enriching social activities – were ...
Say Bye to Just BMI: Experts Call for a Major Shift in How We Measure Obesity
An international and widely supported group of experts is pushing doctors to avoid the exclusive use of BMI to decide whether ...
The Lancet3d
Definition and diagnostic criteria of clinical obesity
Despite evidence that some people with excess adiposity have ill health due to obesity, obesity is generally considered a ...
India TV2d
BMI not an accurate measure to check obesity, new study confirms
The team says that country-specific cutoffs can help in checking how obesity risk changes with ethnicity. The authors in the recent report presented a "novel, nuanced approach to diagnose ...