“When you see a person with obesity, you usually associate them with weight excess and check it with their Body Mass Index (BMI). However, after many studies, we have concluded that BMI is not always accurate,” the co-director of the Obesity Area of the Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Spain, Gema Frühbeck stressed.

Hence, it is more accurate to refer to obesities than to obesity, Frühbeck added. Frühbeck urged an obesity analysis, which conditions other metabolic alterations, such as glucose levels or observation of the individual’s cardiovascular risk.

Such differences must be taken into account for obesity treatment, so for this, it is critical to internalize patients´ individualization, since only in this way drugs, exercises and diet required may be prescribed.

Now, a new and different obesity-related approach is necessary, without focusing exclusively on physical exercise or quantity or quality of food consumed.

It is essential to evaluate genetic, social and even cultural factors, according to the article published in Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders.

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