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Adults with obesity were more likely to achieve a 10% or greater weight loss at 1 year if they continued using their ...

HealthDay News — The European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO) framework may offer a more sensitive measure of obesity than traditional body mass index (BMI), according to a study published ...

• Future studies should report their results by age, gender, race/ethnicity; include the full data; include adverse events and other outcomes; control for both diet and physical activity in their ...

Obesity in itself is not a contraindication to radical prostatectomy, but it remains a risk factor for poor overall survival. Although obesity increases the technical complexity of radical ...

To improve access to care, many professional organizations have advocated for classifying obesity as a disease. However, the ...

Understanding the link between obesity, fatty liver disease and kidney stones provides a new perspective on prevention and ...

Obesity was significantly more prevalent in Black and Hispanic children and adolescents compared with their non-Hispanic White peers and was potentially exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, a study ...

About 1 in 5 classified as overweight based on BMI alone considered to have obesity according to European society definition.

The "Reduce Size, Reduce Disease" project aims to raise awareness that "Obesity is a disease" requiring medical attention, ...