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

The condition is better measured by looking at factors like inflammation, insulin resistance, and glucose tolerance, ...

Women with a waist size over 35 inches and men with a waist larger than 40 inches are at higher risk of developing metabolic diseases, she said. What if your doctor only looks at BMI? Some doctors ...

A new report notes that the amount of belly fat a patient has is a more useful metric for determining obesity than ...

According to the current definition of "overweight" and "obesity," a ratio of height and weight, both men meet those standards. But this measure, called body mass index, or BMI, lacks nuance and ...

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

A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial ...

"BMI is really looking at how much do you weigh relative to your height. But not every, say, six foot man who has the same weight is obese versus healthy. Some of them may actually be strapping ...

And people with high muscle mass — football players or other athletes — may have a high BMI despite normal fat mass. Under the new criteria, about 20% of people who used to be classified as ...