Wondering what men judge women on when they first meet them? It all comes down to research. Some of us can’t stand being checked out by men when we cross the street or enter a room, and some of us ...
A new report notes that the amount of belly fat a patient has is a more useful metric for determining obesity than ...
BMI is a 53-year-old metric that experts suggest needs an update—here's what they say is the more reliable way to determine ...
Obesity has been an ongoing struggle for many consumers, and for years, body mass index (BMI) has been the key metric health ...
Getting a move on can do a number on belly fat, but the key is getting physical activity almost daily. Uwazurike suggests ...
An international and widely supported group of experts is pushing doctors to avoid the exclusive use of BMI to decide whether someone has obesity, alongside other major changes.
Waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio show stronger links to colorectal cancer (CRC) than body mass index (BMI), a new ...
A commission proposed a new definition of obesity focused on how excess fat affects the body, rather than assessing body mass ...
“That’s why,” says Dr Naval Kishore Vikram, professor of medicine, Metabolic Research Group, AIIMS, “obesity has to be ...