New obesity criteria that add waist and body fat measures to BMI could classify nearly 70% of U.S. adults as obese, according ...

A new definition of obesity could nearly double the prevalence of U.S. adults with the condition, a new study published ...

A major update to how obesity is defined could push U.S. obesity rates to nearly 70%, according to a large new study. The ...

The prevalence of obesity was 75.2% among adults in the U.S. when new criteria proposed by The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology Commission was used to diagnose the disease, researchers reported in a ...

For years, medical experts have defined obesity primarily based on body mass index, which measures stored fat by calculating height and weight, to determine a person’s health risks. Major public ...

Obesity in the United States is no longer a slow-moving crisis. A sweeping redefinition of what counts as unhealthy body fat ...

JAMA study shows more than 75% of American adults could qualify as obese under revised criteria - Anadolu Ajansı ...

Millions of Americans long considered outside the obesity category may, in fact, face many of the same health risks.

The adoption of the new “clinical obesity” definition alters prevalence estimates of obesity in many parts of the world compared with BMI-based definitions, new data suggested. In January 2025, a ...

A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial body mass index and hoping to better identify people who need treatment for ...

Doctors have long relied on BMI a tool using height and weight to estimate body fat. But a new study finds BMI alone may ...

A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial body mass index and hoping to better identify people who need treatment for ...