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

Body Mass Index (BMI) has limitations as it doesn't distinguish between muscle and fat, leading to misclassification of ...

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

A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial ...

Increased intermuscular fat, not BMI, was independently associated with coronary microvascular function and major adverse CV ...

One of the primary limitations of the BMI is its inability to distinguish between the fat mass and the lean muscle mass.

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

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

Most people know that body fat stored around the midsection can spell disaster for cardiovascular health. But Harvard ...

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

A new report notes that the amount of belly fat a patient has is a more useful metric for determining obesity than ...

Waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio show stronger links to colorectal cancer (CRC) than body mass index (BMI), a new ...