Amid renewed criticism of the body mass index (BMI) as a diagnostic criterion for obesity, a 2,000-year-old technique used by ...

A group of 58 researchers is calling for a new, better way to measure obesity and excess body fat that goes beyond BMI.

Body Mass Index (BMI) has limitations as it doesn't distinguish between muscle and fat, leading to misclassification of obesity. A suggested alternative is calculating body fat percentage through ...

Watch out! Muscle fat may increase the risk of heart disease and death, regardless of your body mass index (BMI).

An international committee of scientists has proposed changing the way obesity is defined and diagnosed. The proposal adds ...

If you’re short on time, Stoner recommends the three-minute step test as another alternative that offers a score of aerobic ...

People with higher body mass indexes say they're relieved by experts' new guidance to downplay the use of BMI in diagnosing people with weight problems or obesity.

The air that women breathe up to three months before they become pregnant can have an effect on the future baby’s size. A ...

BMI falls short as a way to measure obesity. Doctors need to also determine whether body fat harms a person's health.

The ideal weight of a person depends on their skeletal frame size, which can be classified as Large, Medium, or Small, as bone size and density vary between individuals and genders. Before ...

New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and also take into account health ...

New guidance from a team of health experts around the world proposes expanding the definition of obesity beyond the popular ...