The focus on how BMI should be used may have overshadowed an equally, if not more important, matter proposed in a new report.

New research suggests that factors like age, sex, body fat and the amount of sugar in your blood play a significant role in the progression from pre-diabetes to a type 2 diabetes diagnosis.

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

Experts examined health data from over 300,000 Britons for 11 years and found a combination of two factors was needed to ...

Over 75 medical organisations worldwide have endorsed the new definitions, reflecting a growing consensus for reform.

The researchers calculated fat stored in muscles through the ratio of intermuscular fat to total muscle plus fat, and termed ...

New study finds further evidence that existing measures, such as body mass index (BMI) or waist circumference, are not adequate to evaluate the risk of heart disease accurately for all people ...

Combining time-restricted eating with exercise may be more effective in prompting weight loss than exercise without ...

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

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

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