A commission proposed a new definition of obesity focused on how excess fat affects the body, rather than assessing body mass ...
Recently, an international commission proposed a revised definition of obesity that focuses on how excess body fat affects the body, and factors in waist circumference, rather than simply ...
Researchers have redefined obesity, emphasizing the impact of excess adiposity on organ and tissue function rather than ...
Wen: This commission, composed of 58 experts worldwide, proposes that obesity be thought of differently from the traditional definition in two ways. First, instead of using BMI to define obesity ...
The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology published its Commission on the definition and diagnostic criteria of clinical obesity.
The new definition proposed by the Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology Commission, a group of 58 leading experts from various ...
Major public health organizations, including the World Health Organization and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, define adult obesity as a BMI of 30 or greater and overweight as a BMI ...
CNN: How is the new definition proposed by this global commission different? Wen: This commission, composed of 58 experts worldwide, proposes that obesity be thought of differently from the ...