Regular physical activity induces a wide range of health benefits in adults across all BMI categories, even in the absence of weight loss. Aerobic and resistance exercise can favour the mainte­nance or improvements in cardiorespiratory fitness, mobility, strength and muscle mass during weight management...

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Can. Med. Assoc. J; 192 (31), 2020

Obesity is a complex chronic disease in which abnormal or excess body fat (adiposity) impairs health, increases the risk of long-term medical complications and reduces lifespan.1 Epidemiologic studies define obesity using the body mass index (BMI; weight/height2), which can stratify obesity-related healt...

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This guideline covers identifying, assessing and managing obesity in children (aged 2 years and over), young people and adults. It aims to improve the use of bariatric surgery and very-low-calorie diets to help people who are obese to reduce their weight....

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