The team categorized pediatric obesity treatment response, based on changes in body mass index standard deviation score, as ...

A larger body doesn’t necessarily mean you have ‘clinical obesity’, according to a proposed new definition of the disease.

Also read | Health Talk | How do the revised obesity guidelines help The study shows that children with obesity who respond to treatment also run a lower risk of premature death. A previous study ...

The term overweight is no more a part of the India-specific obesity guidelines that were revised after nearly 15 years and ...

Obesity is now understood as a condition that affects the functions of organs and tissues, leading to complications such as ...

India has finally introduced updated guidelines to address the ... framework offers a more comprehensive approach to obesity diagnosis and treatment, and spearheaded by experts from the National ...

The Commission’s new guidelines advocate for a broader view of obesity, reframing it as a ... organ function and daily life.” Regarding treatment, the report suggests that interventions ...

Leading health experts challenge traditional BMI measurements and introduce a comprehensive new approach to diagnosing obesity, potentially affecting millions.

More than 1 billion people worldwide live with obesity, and the condition is linked to about 5 million deaths every year from ...

If the guidelines are widely adopted ... any of the 18 medical conditions caused by obesity — 13 for children and adolescents — require medical treatment to improve their health and prevent ...