Instead of using the controversial body mass index, or BMI, to assess weight, an international group of scientists proposes ...

Obesity is typically assessed by measuring someone's body mass index, but now researchers are calling for a more nuanced ...

As obesity experts say more than 15 million Birtons are being wrongly labelled overweight and propose a radical overhaul of ...

Diabetes is a leading cause of global mortality and disability, and its economic burden is substantial. This Review focuses on type 2 diabetes, which makes up 90–95% of all diabetes cases. Type 2 ...

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