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.

The condition is better measured by looking at factors like inflammation, insulin resistance, and glucose tolerance, ...

Leading health experts challenge traditional BMI measurements and introduce a comprehensive new approach to diagnosing obesity, potentially affecting millions.

BMI is calculated using a person's weight and height, and doctors may tell those who fall into the obese or severely obese categories that they could be at risk of health issues including diabetes ...

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.

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

BMI can tell us about the health of populations ... an international group of experts including people with obesity, proposes two new categories of disease: preclinical and clinical obesity.

A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial ...

An international committee of scientists has proposed changing the way obesity is defined and diagnosed. The proposal adds ...

A second category, called "pre-clinical obesity," includes people who have a higher BMI and excess body fat but are otherwise healthy. These people might eventually be at risk for obesity-related ...

As of March 2020, nearly 42% of US adults had obesity, with the report estimating that more than a billion people are living ...

The Lancet, a global medical journal that works with academics to identify issues in public health, hosted a Commission on ...