an obesity expert at the University of Washington and one of the 58 authors of the report published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology journal. People with pre-clinical obesity are at risk for ...

The way the world defines obesity has been in need of an overhaul, according to some experts, and it could be coming soon ...

“The whole goal of this is to get a more precise definition so that we are targeting the people who actually need the help most,” said Dr. David Cummings, an obesity expert at the University of ...

Cummings, a commissioner and professor of medicine at the University of Washington, told The Post that’s being studied. This graphic shows how clinical and preclinical obesity should be diagnosed.

an obesity expert at the University of Washington and one of the 58 authors of the report published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology journal.The report introduces two new diagnostic ...

A commission proposed a new definition of obesity focused on how excess fat affects the body, rather than assessing body mass ...

co-founder of the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, calls out "the decades-long failure to tackle the growing overweight and obesity epidemic in the US ...

New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and take into account health ...

“The whole goal of this is to get a more precise definition so that we are targeting the people who actually need the help most,” said Dr. David Cummings, an obesity expert at the University of ...

an obesity expert at the University of Washington and one of the 58 authors of the report published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology journal. The report introduces two new diagnostic ...