New clinical definition versus BMI in diagnosing obesity

Coverage, in order

1. 9h ago
   
   first Medical Xpress indie peer-reviewed

   New clinical definition outperforms BMI in diagnosing obesity

   A new diagnostic definition of obesity outperforms body mass index (BMI) in identifying differences in health and prognosis, including mortality risk, according to a large international study published in Nature.

2. 9h ago
   Science Media Centre UK indie peer-reviewed

   New clinical definition versus BMI in diagnosing obesity

   In 2025, the Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology Commission proposed a new diagnostic framework for obesity that went beyond BMI alone to incorporate other metrics such as body fat distribution and organ function, and which distinguished between clinical and pre-clinical obesity. Some of the same…

3. 8h ago
   Science Media Centre UK indie study peer-reviewed

   expert reaction to study looking at a new clinical definition versus just BMI in diagnosing obesity

   Scientists react to study published in Nature* looking at a new clinical definition versus just BMI in diagnosing obesity. Dr Marie Spreckley, Weight Management Researcher, Prevention of Diabetes and Related Metabolic Disorders in High Risk Groups, Institute of Metabolic Science, University of…

Alivewire groups outlets reporting the same story. Each headline links to the outlet that wrote it; nothing is republished here.