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

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 ...

New research presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2025, Malaga, Spain, 11–14 May) shows that the ...

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 ...

Every year, World ... of World Health Organization in 1948, and highlight the need to raise awareness about taking care of our health. Now, while it is a known fact that obesity increases the ...

Scientists and health experts are now challenging this traditional definition ... the past few decades. The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that worldwide obesity has nearly tripled ...