A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial ...

A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial ...

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 ...

There may be a more effective way to define and diagnose obesity, according to a commission of scientists that proposed a ...

Experts row back on ‘flawed’ BMI as new definition of obese proposed - Roughly 20% of people who used to be classified as ...

BMI has long been considered a flawed measure that can over-diagnose or underdiagnose obesity, which is currently defined as ...

An international committee of scientists has proposed changing the way obesity is defined and diagnosed. The proposal adds ...

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

The administrative assistant at West Virginia University said she feels healthier at 62 than ... which has the nation’s highest rates of obesity and diabetes. Obesity increases their risk for ...

The anti-obesity drug Zepbound made by Eli Lilly & Co. could be one of the biggest cost drivers for ... [+] health insurers, employers and government health programs who cover it in 2025.

Patients with obesity only at the beginning of the ... an associate professor of cardiology and preventive medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and a practicing ...