Instead of using the controversial body mass index, or BMI, to assess weight, an international group of scientists proposes ...

A global group of experts has suggested a new approach to diagnosing and treating obesity that does not rely solely on the ...

In 1993, using data from white people in Great Britain, ages 16 to 64, the World Health Organization (WHO) designated BMI ...

Obesity, long determined by the flawed metric of BMI, should be diagnosed based on other measurements, experts argue.

Body Mass Index, or BMI, has long been criticized as an unreliable method for measuring obesity — and now a group of experts ...

Calling people obese is medically "flawed" - and the definition should be split into two, a report from global experts says.

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Body mass index (BMI) is one of the most ubiquitous ... Machines that precisely measure body composition, for example, aren’t available in every doctor’s office, and insurance policies often ...

Researchers said using BMI alone as the sole arbiter of obesity ... The commission said 18 factors can support a diagnosis of obesity. Examples include breathlessness, high blood pressure, knee ...

Nearly 70% of adults in Indiana are classified as overweight or obese, contributing to a broader health crisis in the United ...