05 Jul 2023 --- UK-based researchers call for clearer messaging on the disease of obesity to help the public and policymakers better understand it and to improve prevention and treatment. They highlight that the disease centers on mechanisms that regulate dietary intake, not on body weight or Body Mass Index (BMI), which is how people generally define obesity. The authors of a newly published article argue that the term “obesity” does not convey that this is a complex disease, which manifests in dysregulated dietary intake, adipose tissue – body fat – and metabolism.
