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

Overweight scores continue from 25-30. And over 30 is obese. Quetelet merely used this early calculation as a descriptor. He did not make any medical proclamations. The Quetelet Index became ...

A well-marbled steak is highly prized for grilling, but those sort of fat deposits in human muscles can be deadly, a ...

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A report from The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology Commission has proposed new criteria for defining and diagnosing obesity, ...

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

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

Skeletal muscle fat infiltration (IMAT) is linked to coronary microvascular dysfunction and increased cardiovascular risk, ...

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

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

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

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