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.
A group of 58 researchers is calling for a new, better way to measure obesity and excess body fat that goes beyond BMI.
Watch out! Muscle fat may increase the risk of heart disease and death, regardless of your body mass index (BMI).
A new report notes that the amount of belly fat a patient has is a more useful metric for determining obesity than ...
New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and take into account health ...
Instead of using the controversial body mass index, or BMI, to assess weight, an international group of scientists proposes ...
The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology Commission, made up of more than 50 experts, has called for a ‘radical overhaul’ in how ...
Discover how pre-pregnancy exposure to air pollution can elevate childhood obesity risk and the significance of reducing it.
Indian doctors have revised obesity guidelines for the first time in 15 years, moving beyond the traditional BMI tool to ...
BMI has long been considered a flawed measure that can over-diagnose or underdiagnose obesity, which is currently defined as ...
Obesity affects over 1 billion people globally, with 40 percent of U.S. adults classified as obese under the present ...
It's the start of another year and the body mass index (BMI) is being criticised again . This time a Lancet-commissioned group of experts is ...