Reviewed by Dietitian Maria Laura Haddad-Garcia About 30 percent of the U.S. population has metabolic syndrome, a cluster of ...

Ozempic is well-known for its ability to manage type 2 diabetes and aid weight loss. . But as more research emerges, additional health benefits of the GLP-1 drug are being uncovered. Previous studies ...

A group of 58 researchers is calling for a new, better way to measure obesity. The global team’s recommendations were published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology on Jan. 14. Body mass index ...

The new approach, published this week in the Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology, focuses on abdominal obesity and comorbid ... the functions of organ systems (metabolic, mechanical ...

Traditionally Body Mass Index (BMI) was used to define obesity, but the new approach, published in a study in Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology focuses on abdominal obesity, comorbid diseases. This ...

In a shift in how obesity is understood and treated in ... The report, published recently in Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research & Reviews, questions the reliance on body mass index ...

In addition to this, WC and W-HtR could be used to define abdominal obesity ... the guidelines in Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research & Reviews, lifestyle interventions are required to ...

The India guidelines, published in a paper in the journal Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome ... Lancet report that overhauled obesity diagnosis and emphasised on abdominal fat distribution, which ...

The commission acknowledges that BMI is a helpful screening tool for identifying people who might have obesity but ... is broadly a part of abdominal fat accumulation. This condition is another ...

Listen to Story Indian doctors have given obesity a new definition Abdominal fat is now a key factor in diagnosing obesity The new definition has been introduced 15 years after the last update For ...