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

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A group of experts from around the world are proposing an alternative way of defining clinical obesity, eschewing the ...

This post was updated Jan. 16 at 8:32 p.m. “Beyond the Statute” is a series created by Sierra Benayon-Abraham, an assistant ...

An international committee of scientists has proposed changing the way obesity is defined and diagnosed. The proposal adds ...

Originally published by The 19th. The Michigan Advance is part of Reporting Network. Just a day after President Donald Trump ...

Laws and policies prohibiting the discussion of what the first Trump administration in 2020 labeled “divisive concepts” ...

The recommendations also put forth two new diagnosis categories: clinical obesity and pre-obesity. The first describes people with evidence of health conditions caused by excess weight, such as heart ...

Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by bacteria which affect nerve endings and destroy the body’s ability to feel ...

In 2016, ahead of the US presidential election, the National Academy of Medicine launched the strategic initiative Vital Directions for Health and Health Care—a series of papers on critical areas of ...

The Lancet, a global medical journal that works with academics to identify issues in public health, hosted a Commission on ...

Brown asked the panel a series of questions about the importance of community engagement in public health. Bowman describes how this approach aligned closely with King’s ideology. “Dr. King was about ...