Diagnostic performance of a new framework for identifying obesity

CSch reports receiving grants paid to his institution from the HCF Research Foundation, Medical Research Future Fund, Victorian Cancer Agency, Eli Lilly, Intuitive Foundation, The University of Melbourne, and St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne Research Endowment Fund. MWH reports receiving honoraria for lecture to Pillars of Dermatology Practice Symposium; receiving travel support provided by Johnson & Johnson to attend Clinical Surgical Immersion in Bruuges, Belgium; receiving travel support provided by Medtronic to attend Clinical Surgical Immersion in Brisbane, Australia; and being a Chairperson for the HOPE fund. PC reports receiving research support for investigator-initiated studies from Medacta, Eli Lilly, Medibank Private, HCF foundation, National Health, Medical Research Foundation, and Medical Research Future Fund; receiving royalties from Kluwer; receiving consulting fees from DePuy, Surgeon advisory board, Stryker Corporation, Johnson and Johnson, and Medacta; reports being on the Editorial Board for EFORT Reviews and Journal of Clinical Medicine, and reports being an international corresponding editor for JAAOS International. MMD reports receiving research support for investigator-initiated studies, paid to her institution, from the Medical Research Future Fund, the National Health & Medical Research Council, Eli Lilly, Victorian Orthopaedic Foundation, Australian Orthopaedic Association Research Foundation, HCF Foundation, University of Melbourne, St. Vincent's Hospital Research Foundation, and Arthritis & Osteoporosis Western Australia; reports receiving payment for provision of advice on guideline development for the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners; reports receiving a sitting fee as a member of the Osteoarthritis Clinical Research Group Data & Safety Monitoring Board; and reports being a Board Director of the Australian Orthopaedic Association Research Foundation. CSha reports receiving research support for investigator-initiated studies, paid to his institution, from Eli Lilly, St. Vincent's Hospital Research Foundation, and Medical Research Future Fund. No other disclosures were reported. Supplementary Figure 1: Framework for clinical assessment of obesity status and diagnosis of clinical obesity, adapted from Rubino et al. 2025. Supplementary Table 1: Characteristics of analytic sample with and without obesity assessed directly via whole-body dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.