S o you probably already have a set wellness routine in place: You know to eat your veggies, prioritize exercise, meditate, ...

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

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Nearly 70% of adults in Indiana are classified as overweight or obese, contributing to a broader health crisis in the United ...

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

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

People recovering from eating disorders say the focus on weight and BMI can be triggering and counterproductive.

People with higher body mass indexes say they're relieved by experts' new guidance to downplay the use of BMI in diagnosing people with weight problems or obesity.

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

BMI over 30 is considered obese. But those having excess fat may not have a BMI 30, which shows under-diagnosis of people and ...

Where you store fat, as opposed to how much you have, may be a bigger risk factor for colon cancer, a study published in JAMA ...

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