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Defining Clinical Obesity: Updated Guidelines Offer Nuanced Perspective
Traditional approaches to defining obesity have come under increasing scrutiny because they fail to fully capture the complicity and health impact of excess weight. Recent efforts by international expert panels have focused on developing a more nuanced and clinically relevant definition of obesity that better guides diagnosis and treatment decisions. One such effort was published in 2025 by the Lancet Commission, which proposed updated criteria intended to align more closely with the actual health consequences associated with obesity.