By Gina Kolata Obesity should be assessed in a way that goes beyond the standard measure of body mass index, or B.M.I., according to a new definition of the condition released by an international ...
Do the words shall and must mean the same thing? The question was raised Friday in the House Judiciary Committee during discussion of House Bill 1067. HB1067 says ...
As we outline in The Lancet, having a larger body shouldn’t mean you’re diagnosed with “clinical obesity”. Such a diagnosis should depend on the level and location of body fat – and ...
One of his memorable quotes is worth citing here: “Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.” Meaning. Purpose. Arguably the keys to a happy and ...
For their definition, the group focused on adiposity, the amount of fat stored in the body, and how it affected organs and tissue. “We define clinical obesity as a chronic, systemic illness ...