“That’s why,” says Dr Naval Vikram Kishore, professor of medicine, Metabolic Research Group, AIIMS, “obesity has to be redefined for Indians (who have a higher fat mass than other populations) as it ...
An international team of doctors proposed a new way to define obesity that's not based solely on BMI. Here's what they ...
The Lancet Commission has declared obesity a disease. With enough controversy to fill a buffet table, their new definition is ...
A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial ...
A larger body doesn’t necessarily mean you have ‘clinical obesity’, according to a proposed new definition of the disease.
New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and take into account health ...
The Lancet, a global medical journal that works with academics to identify issues in public health, hosted a Commission on ...
Novo sells semaglutide as Ozempic and Rybelsus for diabetes and as Wegovy for obesity. In price talks, CMS will treat the ...
Instead of using the controversial body mass index, or BMI, to assess weight, an international group of scientists proposes ...
A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial ...
Aerobic exercise has been linked to reductions in several measures of body fat, including body weight and waist circumference ...