A commission proposed a new definition of obesity focused on how excess fat affects the body, rather than assessing body mass ...

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

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 ...

The body mass index is not going away, a new report suggests, but it could be demoted to just a first step in making a more nuanced diagnosis of obesity as a disease, one that distinguishes ...

A global commission of 56 medical experts is proposing a major overhaul of how obesity is defined and diagnosed, going beyond just body mass index. Vadym - stock.adobe.com Now, a global commission ...

Because it is easy to measure and compare, BMI has long been used as a tool to ... with permission and was first published on January 14, 2025. Giorgia Guglielmi is a freelance writer and editor ...

A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial body mass index and hoping to better identify people who need treatment ...

and primary care argue in a proposal published Jan. 14 in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. In most cases, the experts write, clinicians diagnosing obesity should either augment or replace BMI ...

A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial body mass index and hoping to better identify people who need treatment ...