Is obesity a risk factor or a disease? This debate shapes treatments, policies, and eating disorder care. Explore its impact ...

If you have obesity, losing even a little weight helps not only improve your overall health, but also prevent liver issues ...

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 ...

with no signs or symptoms of ongoing illness.” The commission advises two new categories of obesity: clinical and preclinical obesity. Clinical obesity is a chronic disease affecting organ ...

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

No matter the outcome of obesity treatment in childhood, the risk of anxiety and depression was unchanged in young adulthood. "It has been believed that weight loss could decrease symptoms of ...

Medications that have transformed the treatment of obesity may also help people drink less alcohol, according to new government-funded research. The study was small — just 48 adults — and lasted just ...

Clinical obesity is defined as a condition of obesity associated with objective signs and/or symptoms of reduced organ function, or significantly reduced ability to conduct standard day-to-day ...

with no signs or symptoms of ongoing illness,” Eckel added. Instead of BMI, the commission recommends that obesity be diagnosed through one of these methods: Using another measurement of body ...

Next, a clinical assessment of signs and symptoms of organ dysfunction due to obesity and/or functional limitations determines whether the individual has the disease “clinical obesity,” or ...

They noted that while some individuals with obesity maintain normal organ function and overall health, others experience significant signs and symptoms of illness. The researchers cautioned that ...

"Some individuals with obesity can maintain normal organs' function and overall health, even long term, whereas others display signs and symptoms of severe illness here and now. "Considering ...