China’s National Health Commission has released its first set of guidelines aimed at standardizing the diagnosis and treatment of obesity. Over past years, China had witnessed an upward trend in ...

The reliance of the Cockcroft-Gault equation on weight as a key variable has reduced its accuracy in patients with obesity. Improved approaches to body-size description using LBW provide an ...

When Hillitt arrived at Parc in 2020 he was morbidly obese with a weight of 198kg (31.2st) and had a body mass index (BMI) above 56. The "healthy range" of BMI is 18.5 to 24.9 according to the ...

The series explores the lives of four best friends dealing with morbid obesity. However, that does not come in the way of happiness and hard work. The buddies engage in numerous fun activities ...

According to the CDC, as of August 2023, 40.3 percent of U.S. adults—some 100 million people—met the clinical definition for obesity. But this same estimate, which is based on National Health ...

Additionally, nearly 3.3 billion adults will face obesity by 2035, and young adults aged between 5 and 19 years will witness a rise to over 770 million by the same year, according to the World Obesity ...

The figures, initially from the 2023 Adult Obesity Prevalence Maps but updated on September 12, 2024, shows that every state in the U.S. has an obesity rate of over 20 percent. The data also shows ...

However, the classification of obesity as a disease is supported by leading health authorities such as the American Medical Association and the World Health Organization (WHO). This classifications ...

a network of health scientists around the world that provide data on risk factors for non-communicable diseases (NCDs). According to their estimates, worldwide, more than one billion people are living ...

Starring Naomi Scott, Rosemarie DeWitt, Drew Barrymore. Written and Directed by Parker Finn. Opens Friday in Toronto. 127 minutes. 18A The psychology of the modern global pop star is a ...

The 6% annual growing rate in obesity arouses concern in Iran, he pointed out. The head of the Iranian Society for Clinical Nutrition put Iran among 42 obese countries in the world. The expert said ...