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

Obesity affects over 1 billion people globally, with 40 percent of U.S. adults classified as obese under the present ...

However, it is used as a screening tool to identify potential weight problems in adults. A person may have ... With the metric system, the formula for BMI is weight in kilograms divided by height ...

Body Mass Index (BMI) is a commonly used index of relative weight. BMI is calculated as weight (kilograms) divided by height (meters) squared. The index is often used to assess obesity in individuals.

Get a load of this — you may be obese after all! About 40% of US adults — more than 100 million Americans — are considered ...

New guidance from a team of health experts around the world proposes expanding the definition of obesity beyond the popular ...

An international team of doctors proposed a new way to define obesity that's not based solely on BMI. Here's what they ...

However, in adults over the age of 65 ... She told Verywell that the BMI formula excludes information that can be very ...

The majority of adults in the UK are overweight or ... nations of the UK (see data sources below). We calculate BMI using the standard formula of a person's mass in kg divided by the square ...

Obesity is currently defined as a BMI of 30 or above in adults, according to the World Health Organization, affecting 1 in 8 adults. However, using BMI alone to aid in the diagnosis of obesity has ...