BMI is not the obesity measurement we need
Instead of using the controversial body mass index, or BMI, to assess weight, an international group of scientists proposes ...
Councils need more support from central government to help bring down childhood obesity rates, a local authority has said.
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Our reframing acknowledges the nuanced reality of obesity and allows for personalized care,” said Dr. Francesco Rubino of ...
The commercialisation of junk food, increase in inactive lifestyles with prolonged sitting, and high stress environments, ...
Knowsley has the highest proportion of obese and overweight 10 and 11 year olds in England, according to the NHS.
An international commission made the case for focusing on body fat quantity and the illnesses people experience.
New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and also take into account health ...
Obesity, long determined by the flawed metric of BMI, should be diagnosed based on other measurements, experts argue.
Novo Nordisk said a higher dose of its drug Wegovy led to greater weight loss in patients during a late-stage trial, but the ...
The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology published its Commission on the definition and diagnostic criteria of clinical obesity.
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