A commission proposed a new definition of obesity focused on how excess fat affects the body, rather than assessing body mass ...

He lost 40 pounds with intermittent fasting and weight training. How much would shedding 10 more pounds to achieve a Body ...

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

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 ...

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 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 ...

This large cross-sectional study, of 18,575 subjects attending a screening examination center in Israel, evaluated the IOP in men and women with respect to their BMI levels. Overall men had higher ...

Body mass index (BMI) has been the international standard for measuring obesity since the 1980s, according to many sources, though some experts have questioned its validity. A person’s BMI is ...

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 ...