Instead of using the controversial body mass index, or BMI, to assess weight, an international group of scientists proposes ...

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A global group of experts has suggested a new approach to diagnosing and treating obesity that does not rely solely on the ...

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Doctors worldwide should diagnose obesity differently, relying on broader criteria and taking into account when the condition ...

Traditionally BMI was used to define obesity, but a team of doctors redefined obesity based on the Indian population.

A group of experts from around the world are proposing an alternative way of defining clinical obesity, eschewing the ...

In Tuesday's issue of The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, dozens of international medical experts and people with lived ...

More than 1 billion people worldwide live with obesity, and the condition is linked to about 5 million deaths every year from ...

The way obesity is diagnosed needs to become more sophisticated, an international commission has concluded.Using body-mass ...