The Lancet Commission has declared obesity a disease. With enough controversy to fill a buffet table, their new definition is ...

A group of 58 researchers is calling for a new, better way to measure obesity and excess body fat that goes beyond BMI.

New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and take into account health ...

An international committee of experts has urged doctors to move away from relying on BMI in diagnosing obesity.

For decades, BMI has been the threshold in identifying obesity. Yet, the report gives ... while others experience severe illness.”, said Francesco Rubino, Commission Chair at King’s College ...

BMI or Body Mass Index is calculated as the ratio of ... ensuring early intervention for those at risk and evidence-based treatments for those with more severe complications." Given that obesity is a ...

People with clinical obesity meet BMI and other markers of obesity and ... liver or kidney disease or chronic severe knee or hip pain. These people would be eligible for treatments, including ...

“Relying on BMI alone to diagnose obesity is problematic,” Commissioner Professor ... Recent research highlights that Asian Indians experience more severe metabolic consequences from excess fat ...

while others face severe health issues immediately.” Medical experts argue that redefining obesity is crucial in light of the rising demand for weight-loss drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound, which are ...

“Current BMI-based measures of obesity can both underestimate and overestimate adiposity ... whereas others display signs and symptoms of severe illness here and now. “Considering obesity only as a ...

People with clinical obesity meet BMI and other markers of obesity and ... liver or kidney disease or chronic severe knee or hip pain. These people would be eligible for treatments, including ...