The new definition proposed by the Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology Commission, a group of 58 leading experts from various ...

More than a billion people are estimated to be living with obesity worldwide and prescription weight-loss drugs are in high ...

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

Despite evidence that some people with excess adiposity have ill health due to obesity, obesity is generally considered a ...

An international commission made the case for focusing on body fat quantity and the illnesses people experience.

The Lancet, a global medical journal that works with academics to identify issues in public health, hosted a Commission on ...

BMI over 30 is considered obese. But those having excess fat may not have a BMI 30, which shows under-diagnosis of people and ...

Fibromyalgia (FMS) and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), also called myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS), are chronic conditions that have similar symptoms. Both cause extreme tiredness, which could ...

The Obesity Society (TOS) applauds the work of The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology Commission on Diagnostic Criteria of Clinical Obesity to refine the definition of obesity and establish a framework ...

FDA shared updates on the healthy claim, a proposed FOP nutrition label, and more to help meet the goals of the White House ...