Major public health organizations, including the World Health Organization and the US ... international commission proposed a revised definition of obesity that focuses on how excess body fat ...

Rethinking the way we define obesity could help millions of people worldwide, argue a team of researchers who want to ...

can unfairly deny access to time-sensitive care among people who are experiencing ill health due to obesity alone," according to Prof Rubino. "On the other hand, a blanket definition of obesity as ...

Similarly, in 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) defined obesity as "a chronic, complex disease characterized by excessive fat deposits that can impair health." The shift from viewing ...