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

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

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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.

Despite being the fittest she's ever been, PT and weightlifter Laura Hoggins would class as 'overweight' according to BMI.

Can you carry extra pounds yet still be considered fit and healthy? It’s a question that has been posed by doctors for years.

In a study of more than 5,000 mothers and their children, exposure to air pollution during the three months before pregnancy ...

In a study of more than 5,000 mothers and their children, exposure to air pollution during the three months before pregnancy ...

BMI has long been considered a flawed measure that can over-diagnose or underdiagnose obesity, which is currently defined as ...

I have never owned a Fitbit, let alone “smart” scales that purport to tell you what proportion of your body is fat. There’s a ...