A larger body doesn’t necessarily mean you have ‘clinical obesity’, according to a proposed new definition of the disease.

A larger body doesn’t necessarily mean you have ‘clinical obesity’, according to a proposed new definition of the disease.

A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial body mass index and hoping...

A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial body mass index and hoping...

The way obesity is diagnosed needs to become more sophisticated, an international commission has concluded. Using body-mass index (BMI) to tell who is...

A global Commission, published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology and endorsed by 75 medical organizations around the world, presents a...

Diagnosing obesity should extend beyond body mass index (BMI) to include measures such as waist circumference and individual physical symptoms. So...

Obesity is acknowledged as a chronic disease related to public health in Costa Rica, according to the Ministry of Health. The decree signed by health...

What is pre-clinical obesity? A new report redefines obesity using broader criteria than body mass index (BMI), focusing on organ function and body...