According to a September 2024 data brief from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 40.3 percent of U.S. adults were considered obese between August 2021 and August 2023.

Their goal was to define obesity not merely as a risk factor but as a “standalone” disease ... Genetic, environmental, psychological, nutritional, and metabolic factors can induce alterations of the ...

New insights into the biology and risk factors of childhood obesity. ScienceDaily . Retrieved February 3, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 01 / 250115125223.htm ...

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 ...

The proposal ... obesity to offer more nuanced approaches to the evaluation and management of obesity. Pre-clinical obesity refers to excess fat without organ dysfunction but increased risk ...

The global Commission on Clinical Obesity has just published a proposal calling for a change ... As it stands, obesity diagnoses are mostly used as a “risk assessment,” Rubino says, meaning ...

The proposal ... with preclinical obesity, meanwhile, do not have immediate weight-related health concerns. The former constitutes an illness, while the latter is a health risk to monitor, says ...

New Insights Into the Biology and Risk Factors of Childhood Obesity Jan. 15, 2025 — A cutting-edge molecular approach provides a detailed picture of the biological pathways associated with ...

People with pre-clinical obesity are at risk for those conditions, but have no ongoing illness, the report says. BMI has long been considered a flawed measure that can over-diagnose or ...

Less than half of Americans in one survey said they were aware of the link between alcohol use and cancer compared to 89% for tobacco use.