Instead of using the controversial body mass index, or BMI, to assess weight, an international group of scientists proposes ...

Obesity affects over 1 billion people globally, with 40 percent of U.S. adults classified as obese under the present ...

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

Body Mass Index, or BMI, has long been criticized as an unreliable method for measuring obesity — and now a group of experts ...

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

New research exposes critical flaws in BMI measurements, as medical experts advocate for more accurate and inclusive methods ...

A global group of experts has suggested a new approach to diagnosing and treating obesity that does not rely solely on the ...

A new report says only using BMI to determine if a patient has obesity leads to under-diagnosing people who are ill and ...

An international group of experts proposes two new categories of disease: preclinical and clinical obesity and the FDA ...