New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and take into account health ...

A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial ...

A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial ...

a commissioner and professor of medicine and medical education at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, in an interview with ABC News. Clinical obesity, by contrast, involves ...

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 ...

The new definitions are likely to be confusing, said Kate Bauer, a nutrition expert at the University ... obesity will take time, acknowledged Dr. Robert Kushner, an obesity expert at the ...

New guidance from a team of health experts around the world proposes expanding the definition of obesity beyond the popular body mass index (BMI) measure.

Though previous studies have found that higher blood pressure and obesity are associated with higher levels ... Sam studied journalism at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.

That’s both a necessary response to an ongoing problem and forward-thinking, says Robert Kushner, who specializes in obesity medicine at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine.

Patients with obesity only at the beginning of the ... an associate professor of cardiology and preventive medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and a practicing ...

Northwestern Medicine obesity expert Dr. Robert Kushner is a member of the ... a professor of medicine (endocrinology and medical education) at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.