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

Turns out, you can’t outrun diabetes with a low BMI. In a sweeping study of nearly 45,000 participants, researchers set out to determine what drives the progression from prediabetes to diabetes — and ...

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

It has been updated to reflect the findings of a new report. Chances are, a doctor has at one point measured your Body Mass Index to check if you are a healthy weight. But a new report suggests ...

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

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

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

But this measure, called body mass index, or BMI, lacks nuance and fails to tell whether a person is truly healthy, a global commission of medical experts said in a paper published Tuesday in The ...