BMI, obesity

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A new definition of obesity could help treat millions of people
Obesity is typically assessed by measuring someone's body mass index, but now researchers are calling for a more nuanced ...
Novo Nordisk says its obesity drug in higher dose shows 20.7% weight loss
Novo Nordisk said a higher dose of its drug Wegovy led to greater weight loss in patients during a late-stage trial, but the ...
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Is obesity a disease?
By coincidence (they started before GLP -1 drugs were approved for slimming), a group of 56 doctors have just answered that ...
The Lancet1d
Redefining obesity: advancing care for better lives
The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology published its Commission on the definition and diagnostic criteria of clinical obesity.
New guidelines encourage doctors to move beyond BMI for diagnosing obesity
A new report says only using BMI to determine if a patient has obesity leads to under-diagnosing people who are ill and ...
Overhaul of obesity diagnosis will change its treatment
The way clinicians diagnose obesity is set to change with new guidelines acknowledging that not all obese have the same ...
Why hasn’t Black obesity become a national healthcare crisis? Justice B. Hill
Despite the staggering impact of obesity on the Black community, columnist Justice B. Hill argues that the issue has been ...
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Is obesity a disease? Sometimes but not always, experts decide
A panel of health experts looking at obesity announced that the definition of the condition should be split into two ...