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

Leading health experts challenge traditional BMI measurements and introduce a comprehensive new approach to diagnosing obesity, potentially affecting millions.

Our reframing acknowledges the nuanced reality of obesity and allows for personalized care,” said Dr. Francesco Rubino of ...

BMI is calculated using a person's weight and height, and doctors may tell those who fall into the obese or severely obese categories that they could be at risk of health issues including diabetes ...

An international team of doctors proposed a new way to define obesity that's not based solely on BMI. Here's what they ...

A new report from global experts calls for redefining obesity beyond the traditional body mass index (BMI) measurement. The ...

BMI can tell us about the health of populations ... an international group of experts including people with obesity, proposes two new categories of disease: preclinical and clinical obesity.

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

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

The Lancet, a global medical journal that works with academics to identify issues in public health, hosted a Commission on ...

The report introduces two new diagnostic categories: clinical obesity and pre-clinical obesity. People with clinical obesity meet BMI and other markers of obesity and have evidence of organ ...

BMI has long been considered a flawed measure ... she noted. “For a new classification system to be widely adopted, it would also need to be extremely quick, inexpensive, and reliable ...