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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Children with obesity at cancer diagnosis had poorer survival. Researchers observed the strongest associations ...

A recent population-based study indicates that among children with cancer, those with obesity at the time of diagnosis may face an elevated risk of dying. The findings are published by Wiley online in ...

The medical community is witnessing a significant shift in how obesity is diagnosed and treated, affecting over 100 million adults in the United States. Traditional methods centered around Body Mass ...

A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial body mass index and hoping to better identify people who need treatment for ...

A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial body mass index and hoping to better identify people who need treatment for ...

The Endocrine Society has concerns of possible delays in care and other problematic areas of The Lancet Commission’s proposed new obesity framework; a Commission author cites ‘conceptual confusions.’ ...

Obesity at cancer diagnosis is linked to poorer survival outcomes in pediatric patients, especially in ALL and CNS tumors. The study used the CYP-C database, analyzing 11,291 patients, and found ...

The new framework proposes assessing body fat distribution and organ health, moving beyond BMI for obesity diagnosis. Clinical and pre-clinical obesity categories aim to personalize care and allocate ...

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