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A new generation of weight loss drugs has helped some people lose significant amounts of weight and improve their health.

An international and widely supported group of experts is pushing doctors to avoid the exclusive use of BMI to decide whether ...

A new Lancet Commission - made up of more than 50 experts from around the world - says a 'radical overhaul' is needed in how ...

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The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology: global commission proposes major overhaul of obesity diagnosis, going beyond BMI to ...

The revised criteria proposed by a nationwide panel of doctors define values of BMI greater than 23 without any effects on ...

Commenting on the commission, Dr Kath McCullough, special adviser on obesity at the Royal College of Physicians, said: “For ...

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Leading medics have raised concerns that people are being "overdiagnosed" with obesity, calling for a "reframing" of the way ...