New guidance from a team of health experts around the world proposes expanding the definition of obesity beyond the popular ...
Under recommendations released Tuesday night, obesity would no longer be defined solely by BMI, a calculation of height and ...
A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial ...
Our reframing acknowledges the nuanced reality of obesity and allows for personalized care,” said Dr. Francesco Rubino of ...
An international committee of scientists has proposed changing the way obesity is defined and diagnosed. The proposal adds ...
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 ...
The recommendations also put forth two new diagnosis categories: clinical obesity and pre-obesity. The first describes people with evidence of health conditions caused by excess weight, such as heart ...
The new definitions are likely to be confusing, said Kate Bauer, a nutrition expert at the University ... obesity will take time, acknowledged Dr. Robert Kushner, an obesity expert at the ...
A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial ...