About 1 in 5 classified as overweight based on BMI alone considered to have obesity according to European society definition.

The European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO) framework may offer a more sensitive measure of obesity than ...

The most prevalent complications among newly identified people with obesity were hypertension, arthritis, diabetes, and ...

To improve access to care, many professional organizations have advocated for classifying obesity as a disease. However, the ...

A cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis examined the distribution of people by obesity level using the European ...

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 ...

A new study compares body mass index (BMI) with body fat percentage and finds the latter is far more reliable in predicting ...

BMI has long been used as a standard measure of obesity, endorsed by the United States Centers for Disease Control and ...