Gateshead Council's 10-year ban on new hot food takeaways has little effect on childhood obesity. The policy was brought in two years ago in England to try to encourage healthier food choices.
Dr. Naval Vikram, professor of medicine at AIIMS Delhi and co-author of the study, underscored the importance of the findings. "A distinct definition of obesity for Indians is crucial for the early ...
A patient checks their body mass index (BMI) on a chart in the doctor's office in Denver, US, September 22, 2010. File Image/Reuters As obesity continues to affect over a billion people globally, ...
Breakthroughs in age-related macular degeneration (AMD) treatments have revolutionized the management of this progressive and potentially devastating eye disease. These include treatments such as ...
Evidence for the positive effects of intermittent fasting continues to mount: a new study shows that for people with obesity, it can lead to additional weight loss, as well as improved regulation for ...
A group of global health experts are proposing changes to how obesity is defined and diagnosed. Their aim is to move beyond the long-criticized Body Mass Index (BMI) in favor of combining other ...
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 ...
Body mass index, or BMI, has long been criticized as a flawed method for measuring obesity — and now a group of experts is sharing new recommendations. BMI is a formula that uses a person's ...
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 ...
An international committee of scientists has proposed a change to the way obesity is defined and diagnosed. The goal is to offer a more nuanced and objective way to assess body composition ...
Obesity is overdiagnosed, experts who want a new “fat but healthy” label have said. A group of scientists from around the world has proposed a “radical overhaul” of how obesity is ...