Prevalence of Clinical Obesity in US Adults Based on a Newly Proposed Definition
This cross-sectional study compares the prevalence of obesity among US adults using 2 definitions: a body mass index–based definition and a new evidence-based definition of clinical obesity focusing on direct measures of body fat and organ dysfunction and physiological impairment.
Authors
- Rockli Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9864-3957)
- Min‐Jeong Shin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8952-4008)
- Dahyun Park (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9200-6754)
- Dong Hoon Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1329-4637)
- S. V. Subramanian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-8336-0274)
Institutions
- Harvard University (US)
- Yonsei University (KR)
- Korea University (KR)
- Harvard University Press (US)
- Korea University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Network Open
- Published
- 2025-09-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.33806
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Diet and metabolism studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.33
Funders
- National Research Foundation
- National Research Foundation of Korea