Waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio show stronger links to colorectal cancer (CRC) than body mass index (BMI), a new ...

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

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

New guidance from a team of health experts around the world proposes expanding the definition of obesity beyond the popular body mass index (BMI) measure.

Experts examined health data from over 300,000 Britons for 11 years and found a combination of two factors was needed to ...

Overweight scores continue from 25-30. And over 30 is obese. Quetelet merely used this early calculation as a descriptor. He did not make any medical proclamations. The Quetelet Index became ...

A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial body mass index and hoping to better identify people who need treatment ...

New guidance from a team of health experts around the world proposes expanding the definition of obesity beyond the popular body mass index (BMI) measure. The new guidance comes from the ...

The researchers mention in the paper that abdominal obesity is an important factor in health, even independent of BMI. A meta-analysis of 11 prospective cohort studies including white adults aged ...

A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial body mass index and hoping to better identify people who need treatment ...