Posts Tagged ‘risk stratification’

Hills and Ploughed Fields near Dresden, painting by Caspar David Friedrich

Limited Progress on Distinguishing Levels of Obesity Risk

July 8, 2025 — Half a year has passed since the Lancet Commission on Clinical Obesity published its attempt to build a global consensus around a definition for obesity that distinguishes clinically significant obesity from preclinical obesity. Three new publications in Annals of Internal Medicine make it clear that this task is incomplete. Despite heroic efforts, consensus for distinguishing […]

Cross Section of a Coronary Artery

A Coronary Calcium Scan Predicts Risk of Death in Obesity

August 4, 2023 — We say it over and over again. Obesity is a very heterogeneous disease. This simply means that different people can have very different experiences with it and face very different risks. At a time when treatment options are multiplying, some with a very high price tag, it’s important to know who has the most urgent […]