Jan. 27, 2025 — A study shows that patients with obesity and fatty liver-related cirrhosis who had bariatric (weight-loss) surgery significantly lowered their future ... Signposting Children to ...

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“As a physician of internal medicine, specialising in endocrinology, I treat patients with obesity, Type 2 diabetes ... drank either red wine or de-alcoholised red wine,” Prof Nyström ...

are designed to address limitations in the traditional definition and diagnosis of obesity that hinder clinical practice and healthcare policies, resulting in individuals with obesity not ...

A group of 58 researchers is calling for a new, better way to measure obesity. The global team’s recommendations were published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology on Jan. 14. Body mass index ...

Recently, an international commission proposed a revised definition of obesity that focuses on how ... BMI is such an ingrained part of clinical practice and research; I don’t think it will ...

When children with obesity undergo weight-loss treatment, the effects have repercussions later in life and the risk of serious health problems and premature death is lower as they reach young ...

A new report argues that body mass index or BMI is not the most accurate way to define obesity. BMI is only a measure of a person’s weight and height and does not account for muscle mass.

Practice. Our review suggests new approaches for clinical and public health practice for childhood obesity prevention. Obstetricians, family practitioners, midwives, childbirth educators ...

Can it translate into actionable changes in policy and practice? Whether this effort leads to meaningful change or more contentious headlines remains to be seen, but one thing is certain: redefining ...