The condition is better measured by looking at factors like inflammation, insulin resistance, and glucose tolerance, according to the doctor. In some cases, using BMI can result in “muscular athletes” ...

He reduced his weight to 300 pounds, and no longer had any health problems caused by severe obesity, she said, despite his BMI still being "very high." When BMI was created, it had nothing to do ...

An international and widely supported group of experts is pushing doctors to avoid the exclusive use of BMI to decide whether someone has obesity, alongside other major changes.

People with a BMI of 30 are considered to have obesity; those with a BMI of 40 or higher have severe obesity. However, its limitations have long been acknowledged, particularly its inability to ...

People with clinical obesity meet BMI and other markers of obesity and ... liver or kidney disease or chronic severe knee or hip pain. These people would be eligible for treatments, including ...

Should adolescents with severe obesity, therefore, undergo operation earlier than currently recommended, as their BMI is expected to remain high even after surgery? The timing of surgery in the ...

People with clinical obesity meet BMI and other markers of obesity and ... liver or kidney disease or chronic severe knee or hip pain. These people would be eligible for treatments, including ...

Patients with and without obesity experienced significant pain reductions and improved functioning following telerehabilitation for chronic musculoskeletal pain.

Around 9.4% of those adults had severe obesity. Dr. Brett Osborn, a neurosurgeon, longevity expert and fitness competitor based in Florida, agrees that BMI is an "outdated measure" for diagnosing ...