Health workers have long relied on body mass index (BMI) to measure whether people are within a healthy weight range, but leading researchers have made the case for a new way to understand and diagnose obesity, writes Jesse Copelyn for Spotlight.
To tackle the global rise in obesity, our understanding of the condition needs to change, according to a Lancet Commission convened by 58 global experts from different medical specialties. While we have historically thought of obesity as a risk factor for other diseases like diabetes, their report, published in the journal Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology, concludes that obesity is sometimes better thought of as a disease itself, which can…
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