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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.

The Lancet Commission has declared obesity a disease. With enough controversy to fill a buffet table, their new definition is ...

Then we have Singapore. Apparently, 11.6 per cent of our population are overweight. We are tied in third place with Thailand.

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 ...

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 ...