Overweight scores continue from 25-30. And over 30 is obese. Quetelet merely used this early calculation as a descriptor. He did not make any medical proclamations. The Quetelet Index became ...

A group of 58 researchers is calling for a new, better way to measure obesity and excess body fat that goes beyond BMI.

Despite the staggering impact of obesity on the Black community, columnist Justice B. Hill argues that the issue has been ...

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

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

Obesity prevalence in the United States declined for the first time in a decade, according to a research letter published in ...

An international commission made the case for focusing on body fat quantity and the illnesses people experience.

A coalition of obesity-related patient advocacy groups is calling on the incoming Trump administration to finalize a proposal ...

Using body-mass index to tell who is overweight or obese is not reliable and can result in misdiagnosis, the Commission on ...

Jan. 21, 2025 — When children with obesity undergo weight-loss treatment, the effects have repercussions later in life and the risk of serious health problems and premature death is lower as ...

A global Commission, published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology and endorsed by 75 medical organizations around the world, presents a novel, nuanced approach to diagnose obesity, based on other ...