A global group of experts has suggested a new approach to diagnosing and treating obesity that does not rely solely on the ...

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

Body Mass Index, or BMI, has long been criticized as an unreliable method for measuring obesity — and now a group of experts ...

Researchers said using BMI alone as the sole arbiter of obesity ... The commission said 18 factors can support a diagnosis of obesity. Examples include breathlessness, high blood pressure, knee ...

In 1993, using data from white people in Great Britain, ages 16 to 64, the World Health Organization (WHO) designated BMI ...

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 ...

Is obesity a disease or a risk factor for disease? In medical circles – and outside of them – the question is contentious, ...

BMI, a widely used measure, has long been criticized for being too simplistic. It calculates obesity based only on height and ...

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

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

A new report noted that body mass index does not provide a nuanced enough assessment of health as it relates to weight Getty An international committee of scientists has proposed a new way to ...