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

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

Obesity experts have thrown aside their BMI charts as they reveal it is possible to be both fat and fit. Huge numbers of the ...

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

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

Obesity affects over 1 billion people globally, with 40 percent of U.S. adults classified as obese under the present ...

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

BMI has long been considered a flawed measure that can over-diagnose or underdiagnose obesity, which is currently defined as ...

New guidance from a team of health experts around the world proposes expanding the definition of obesity beyond the popular ...

The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology Commission, made up of more than 50 experts, has called for a ‘radical overhaul’ in how ...

Researchers have redefined obesity, emphasizing the impact of excess adiposity on organ and tissue function rather than ...

Indian doctors have revised obesity guidelines for the first time in 15 years, moving beyond the traditional BMI tool to ...