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 for ...

Body composition refers to the percentages body fat, bone, and lean tissue mass (basically, the muscle, organs, water, and ...

Hers shares information about the average weight for women in the U.S., what women believe the ideal weight is, and the ...

Findings indicate a 12.8% 10-year diabetes risk, driven by fasting plasma glucose, age, sex, and BMI, highlighting the need ...

A retrospective study demonstrated slightly elevated baseline fasting plasma glucose levels to be a robust marker of incident diabetes risk, even when those levels fell within the normal range.

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

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

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

Under recommendations released Tuesday night, obesity would no longer be defined solely by BMI, a calculation of height and weight ... more than 1 billion people worldwide. In the US, about 40 per ...

While she’s retired from the national team, Naeher will play one more season with her club team, the Chicago Stars, in the National Women’s Soccer League. Naeher received 40.8% of the final ...

Instead of relying only on body mass index (BMI), which has some limitations, the new framework introduces improved ways to identify and understand obesity, for example, by separating early signs ...

Although there isn’t a fixed threshold for obesity, body fat is typically considered to be in excess when it is above 25% in men and 30–38% in women ... with a BMI above 40 has high body ...