That is the conclusion of a report by the global Commission ... more and a weight-related health condition like diabetes or cardiovascular disease. Using the new definition, weight-loss drugs ...

There is a risk too many people are being diagnosed as obese when "a more accurate" and "nuanced" definition ... from global experts says. Doctors should consider the overall health of patients ...

Obesity needs a new definition, argues a global group of health experts. For over 75 years, obesity has been called a disease by the World Health Organization. But the label is hotly debated.

New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and also take into account health problems from extra weight and other measurements ...

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New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and also take into account health ...

A revolution in global health has occurred in the past ten to fifteen years, resulting in the creation of radically new regimes, an unprecedented growth in funding for global health, and the ...

A group of global experts is proposing ... as obese would no longer meet the definition, preliminary analysis suggests. And about 20% of people with serious health effects but lower BMI would ...

A panel of global health experts exploring this controversial question say the definition should be split into two categories: ‘clinical obesity’ and ‘pre-clinical obesity’.

A group of global experts ... plus evidence of health problems tied to extra pounds. Obesity is estimated to affect more than 1 billion people worldwide. In the U.S., about 40% of adults have obesity, ...