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.

A young Gen Z woman has shared her shock on social media after she was told by her doctor that she is "overweight" despite ...

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

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 ...

Amid renewed criticism of the body mass index (BMI) as a diagnostic criterion for obesity, a 2,000-year-old technique used by ...

Researchers highlight that having a normal BMI does not always indicate good health, as high body fat can increase the risk ...

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

A new report says only using BMI to determine if a patient has obesity leads to under-diagnosing people who are ill and ...

A retrospective study demonstrated slightly elevated baseline fasting plasma glucose levels to be a robust marker of incident diabetes risk, even when those levels fell within the normal range.

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