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

A group of 58 researchers is calling for a new, better way to measure obesity. The global team’s recommendations were published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology on Jan. 14. Body mass index ...

A new report argues that body mass index or BMI is not the most accurate way to define obesity. BMI is only a measure of a person’s weight and height and does not account for muscle mass.

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

According to a September 2024 data brief from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 40.3 percent of U.S.

The author of a new guidebook on GLP-1s and other experts share their tips for how clinicians can optimize patient success ...

A group of experts from around the world are proposing an alternative way of defining clinical obesity, eschewing the ...

Weight-loss medicines such as Ozempic might raise a person’s likelihood of developing conditions including arthritis.

Jan. 21, 2025 — When children with obesity undergo weight-loss treatment, the effects have repercussions later in life and the risk of serious health problems and premature death is lower as ...

By Gina Kolata Obesity should be assessed in a way that goes beyond the standard measure of body mass index, or B.M.I., according to a new definition of the condition released by an international ...

Researchers have redefined obesity, emphasizing the impact of excess adiposity on organ and tissue function rather than ...