Instead of bmi, the commission paper proposes measuring body fat to determine whether a person has obesity. Rubino f, batterham rl, koch m, et al. L., koch, m., mingrone, g., le roux, c.
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Excess body fat can be defined by measuring waist.
An international multidisciplinary commission published a consensus document on obesity, proposing two distinct definitions for obesity, clinical obesity and preclinical obesity.
Lancet diabetes & endocrinology commission on the definition and diagnosis of clinical. We post it as supplied by the authors. Clinical obesity is redefined as a chronic disease caused by excess adiposity, distinct from preclinical obesity, which poses future health risks.
