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The impact of new obesity definitions on prevalence and health outcomes.
Key takeaways
Using new obesity definitions in over 400,000 UK adults changed how many people were labeled obese and linked those labels to higher risks of diabetes and heart disease — but this study shows only a connection, not proof that the new definitions caused better or worse health.
Who did this work
Qiao X (Department of Endocrinology, Beijing Hospital, National Center for Gerontology, National Clinical Research Center for Gerontology, The Key Laboratory of Geriatrics of NHC, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, PR China; Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, PR China. Electronic address: qiaoxiuqijoy@163.com.) · Yu D (Department of Endocrinology, Beijing Hospital, National Center for Gerontology, National Clinical Research Center for Gerontology, The Key Laboratory of Geriatrics of NHC, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, PR China. Electronic address: yudongni@outlook.com.) · Guo L (Department of Endocrinology, Beijing Hospital, National Center for Gerontology, National Clinical Research Center for Gerontology, The Key Laboratory of Geriatrics of NHC, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, PR China; Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, PR China. Electronic address: glx1218@163.com.) · Pan Q (Department of Endocrinology, Beijing Hospital, National Center for Gerontology, National Clinical Research Center for Gerontology, The Key Laboratory of Geriatrics of NHC, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, PR China; Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, PR China. Electronic address: panqi621@126.com.)
Source
Paper · Europe PMC, CKD · 2026-08-25
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diabres.2026.113522