A group of experts from around the world are proposing an alternative way of defining clinical obesity, eschewing the commonly referenced body max index (BMI) and instead approaching the condition ...

New Insights Into the Biology and Risk Factors of Childhood Obesity Jan. 15, 2025 — A cutting-edge molecular approach provides a detailed picture of the biological pathways associated with ...

Amid the rising buzz around Ozempic and similar weight-loss drugs, a group of 58 researchers is challenging the way obesity is defined and diagnosed, arguing that current methods fail to capture ...

New guidance from a team of health experts around the world proposes expanding the definition of obesity beyond the popular body mass index (BMI) measure. The new guidance comes from the ...

Kushner helped craft the new definition of obesity as part of the Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology Special Commission. Instead of relying on a single number – BMI – doctors are calling for a ...

This guideline covers the prevention and management of overweight, obesity and central adiposity in children, young people and adults. It brings together and updates all NICE's previous guidelines on ...

The anti-obesity drug Zepbound made by Eli Lilly & Co. could be one of the biggest cost drivers for ... [+] health insurers, employers and government health programs who cover it in 2025.

Since Zepbound was approved by the FDA to treat obesity in late 2023, its maker Eli Lilly has been steadily closing in on fierce rival Novo Nordisk’s early lead in the obesity market.

The way obesity is diagnosed needs to become more sophisticated, an international commission has concluded. Using body-mass index (BMI) to tell who is overweight or obese is not reliable, and can ...

Getty And the propensity towards obesity is happening on a molecular level, as Professor Ferdinand von Meyenn, a senior author on the study at the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich ...

Despite evidence that some people with excess adiposity have ill health due to obesity, obesity is generally considered a harbinger of other diseases, not a disease in itself. The idea of obesity as a ...