A new study suggests that diets high in fast food, processed red meat, and soda but low in fruits and vegetables may be ...

The group of experts recommends using two levels of obesity: preclinical and clinical ... target 45% — although other factors, like age and fitness levels, come into play.

Severe obesity in childhood and adolescence more than triples the risk of MS, and obesity treatment does not seem to reverse it, a study finds.

A group of experts from around the world are proposing an alternative way of defining clinical obesity, eschewing the commonly referenced body max index (BMI) and instead approaching the condition ...

Their condition would be called clinical obesity. The group said those with a B.M.I. of 40 or greater have clinical obesity on the basis of their B.M.I. alone — there is no need to assess their ...

Personalized assessments that consider age, gender and ethnicity are ... of developing more serious health issues, the group says. Clinical obesity occurs when excess fat harms organs or it ...

Although more conversations are being had, Turchin's group said that the shift ... of adult patients with class II obesity or higher and under the age of 65, who were followed in primary care ...

A control group from the general population was also used, matched by age, sex and place of residence. GLP1 analogues, which have become popular obesity drugs in recent years, were not part of the ...