A commission proposed a new definition of obesity focused on how excess fat affects the body, rather than assessing body mass ...

Obesity experts have thrown aside their BMI charts as they reveal it is possible to be both fat and fit. Huge numbers of the ...

Body Mass Index, or BMI, has long been criticized as an unreliable method for measuring obesity — and now a group of experts ...

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

Relying solely on BMI to diagnose obesity may be outdated, say global experts. A new report calls for a more comprehensive ...

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

Is obesity a disease or a risk factor for disease? In medical circles – and outside of them – the question is contentious, ...

According to a September 2024 data brief from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 40.3 percent of U.S.

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

A new Lancet Commission - made up of more than 50 experts from around the world - says a 'radical overhaul' is needed in how ...

By coincidence (they started before GLP -1 drugs were approved for slimming), a group of 56 doctors have just answered that ...

The term overweight is no more a part of the India-specific obesity guidelines that were revised after nearly 15 years and ...