LONDON: Doctors worldwide should diagnose obesity differently, relying on broader criteria and taking into account when the condition causes ill-health, according to a new framework drawn up by ...
BMI has long been considered a flawed measure that can over-diagnose or underdiagnose obesity, which is currently defined as ...
An international group of experts proposes two new categories of disease: preclinical and clinical obesity and the FDA ...
The way obesity is currently diagnosed needs to be changed, according to an international group of experts.The Commission on Clinical Obesity says body mass ind ...
Obesity affects over 1 billion people globally, with 40 percent of U.S. adults classified as obese under the present ...
A group of experts from around the world are proposing an alternative way of defining clinical obesity, eschewing the ...
A new report from global experts calls for redefining obesity beyond the traditional body mass index (BMI) measurement. The ...
Obesity is linked to many common diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease, fatty liver disease and knee ...
Body Mass Index, or BMI, has long been criticized as an unreliable method for measuring obesity — and now a group of experts ...
An international committee of scientists has proposed changing the way obesity is defined and diagnosed. The proposal adds ...