New research suggests that factors like age, sex, body fat and the amount of sugar in your blood play a significant role in the progression from pre-diabetes to a type 2 diabetes diagnosis.

People recovering from eating disorders say the focus on weight and BMI can be triggering and counterproductive.

People with higher body mass indexes say they're relieved by experts' new guidance to downplay the use of BMI in diagnosing people with weight problems or obesity.

A new report notes that the amount of belly fat a patient has is a more useful metric for determining obesity than ...

A group of Australian and international experts are calling for a major overhaul of obesity diagnosis, saying current methods ...

Lancet Commission of 50 experts from around the world concludes millions may be being 'overdiagnosed' as obese and overweight ...

Over one billion people in the world are estimated to have obesity. Some experts believe its treatment and diagnosis need a ...

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

Obesity is a prevalent health issues and is associated with a range of metabolic abnormalities, including decreased glucose ...

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Below, we dig into the difference between BMI vs. body fat percentage, including the pros and cons for each, how they’re calculated and what healthy ranges look like. BMI and body fat percentage ...

Objective Limited research has assessed the association between patterns of body mass index (BMI) change across adulthood and mortality. We aimed to identify groups of individuals who followed ...