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

The Lancet, a global medical journal that works with academics to identify issues in public health, hosted a Commission on ...

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

An international commission made the case for focusing on body fat quantity and the illnesses people experience.

A larger body doesn’t necessarily mean you have ‘clinical obesity’, according to a proposed new definition of the disease.

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

The way obesity is diagnosed needs to become more sophisticated, an international commission has concluded.Using body-mass ...

A group of experts from around the world are proposing an alternative way of defining clinical obesity, eschewing the ...

Obesity is typically assessed by measuring someone's body mass index, but now researchers are calling for a more nuanced ...

Researchers have redefined obesity, emphasizing the impact of excess adiposity on organ and tissue function rather than ...

Using body-mass index to tell who is overweight or obese is not reliable and can result in misdiagnosis, the Commission on ...