Obesity

What it is

Obesity is defined clinically by body-mass index, a crude measure that researchers increasingly want to replace with body composition and metabolic health. It raises the risk of diabetes, heart disease, several cancers and joint disease, and it is now treated as a chronic condition rather than a failure of willpower. The arrival of GLP-1 drugs has reshaped the coverage, alongside bariatric surgery, the economics of treatment, and debate over how much of the population should be medicated.

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