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 ...
The condition is better measured by looking at factors like inflammation, insulin resistance, and glucose tolerance, ...
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.
Women are advised to prioritise their bone health, as they are more susceptible to conditions like stress fractures, which is ...
Watch out! Muscle fat may increase the risk of heart disease and death, regardless of your body mass index (BMI).
A new report notes that the amount of belly fat a patient has is a more useful metric for determining obesity than ...
According to a September 2024 data brief from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 40.3 percent of U.S.
New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and take into account health ...
Instead of using the controversial body mass index, or BMI, to assess weight, an international group of scientists proposes ...
Body Mass Index (BMI) has limitations as it doesn't distinguish between muscle and fat, leading to misclassification of ...