They continued, “A pharmacokinetic analysis of prucalopride showed that there are no clinically significant differences in its pharmacokinetic profile based on age (17-95 years) or BMI (14-57 kg ...

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

BMI falls short as a way to measure obesity. Doctors need to also determine whether body fat harms a person's health.

A new report notes that the amount of belly fat a patient has is a more useful metric for determining obesity than ...

BMI has long been falling out of favor. When the American Medical Association urged downgrading BMI in 2023, it blamed its ...

Instead of using the controversial body mass index, or BMI, to assess weight, an international group of scientists proposes ...

Waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio show stronger links to colorectal cancer (CRC) than body mass index (BMI), a new ...

Obesity, long determined by the flawed metric of BMI, should be diagnosed based on other measurements, experts argue.

Our reframing acknowledges the nuanced reality of obesity and allows for personalized care,” said Dr. Francesco Rubino of ...

New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and also take into account health ...

Doctors worldwide should diagnose obesity differently, relying on broader criteria and taking into account when the condition ...