Perhaps the new approach could direct people with downstream consequences of obesity to receive needed medical care sooner. The proposed change in definition could also help reduce stigma around ...

Using body-mass index (BMI) to tell who is overweight or obese is not reliable, and can result in misdiagnosis, the Commission on Clinical Obesity says in a new paper published today in The Lancet ...

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 ...

Studies across many decades have demonstrated that a BMI score of 30 and above, the current definition of having obesity ... adiposity is the basis of the new recommendations.

Recent years have seen growing scrutiny and debate around processed foods, but researchers have struggled to pin down what ...

The Food and Drug Administration says it has decided to continue approving COVID-19 vaccine updates for seniors and others at higher risk of severe disease, but will require vaccine makers to conduct ...

For years, medical experts have defined obesity primarily based on body mass index, which measures stored fat by calculating ...