Obesity affects over 1 billion people globally, with 40 percent of U.S. adults classified as obese under the present ...

Obesity has been an ongoing struggle for many consumers, and for years, body mass index (BMI) has been the key metric health ...

Indian doctors have redefined obesity with new guidelines that consider the unique health challenges faced by the population.

Under recommendations released Tuesday night, obesity would no longer be defined solely by BMI, a calculation of height and weight, but combined with other measurements, such as waist circumference, ...

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

New guidance from a team of health experts around the world proposes expanding the definition of obesity beyond the popular ...

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A team of Indian doctors, including from All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, has in a new study published ...

A panel of global health experts exploring this controversial question say the definition should be split into two categories ...

It’s time to rethink what ‘obesity’ means as an international group of experts says the body mass index has limited value ...

So the commission proposes to change the definition of obesity from ... plus evidence of health problems tied to extra pounds.Obesity is estimated to affect more than 1 billion people worldwide.