For years, medical experts have defined obesity primarily based on body mass index, which measures stored fat by calculating height and weight, to determine a person’s health risks. Major public ...

NEW DEFINITION OF OBESITY Lancet researchers defined clinical obesity as a condition of illness that, akin to the notion of ...

Using the new definition, weight-loss drugs or other interventions like surgery would be considered for those with clinical obesity, while those with preclinical obesity would be offered other ...

The decision counters a proposal by the Biden Administration to reimburse beneficiaries for the weight-loss medications.

GLP-1s like Ozempic, as well as weight-loss surgery, are among the recommendations to treat childhood obesity in the first guideline update in Canada in almost 20 years.