The current definition of obesity, as set by the World Health Organization ... This is impacted by a person’s race and ethnicity, their age, what foods they eat, and genetics plays a tremendous ...
Black people with obesity are less likely to get weight-loss surgery than others.Black people are just as likely to d ...
A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial body mass index and hoping to better identify people who need treatment ...
Asians, non-Hispanic Blacks and Hispanics were significantly less likely than whites to use obesity-management medications to lower their weight compared with whites, new research suggests. The ...
New guidance from a team of health experts around the world proposes expanding the definition of obesity beyond the popular body mass index (BMI) measure. The new guidance comes from the ...
A group of experts from around the world are proposing an alternative way of defining clinical obesity, eschewing the commonly referenced body max index (BMI) and instead approaching the condition ...