Redefining Obesity Risk for Heart Failure: Incorporating Morbidity Into the 2024 EASO Framework Definition of Obesity

Abstract

Conventional BMI‐based obesity classification fails to capture the metabolic heterogeneity underlying obesity‐related heart failure (HF) risk. We evaluated the 2024 European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO) framework—which integrates central adiposity with medical, functional, and psychological morbidity—to refine HF risk stratification.