BMI is widely used as a marker of health, but it turns out that it's not all that accurate -- especially for people of color.

El Paso, TX (KVIA-TV)-A new definition of obesity, published in the Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology Journal, proposes a new definition that moves beyond body mass index (BMI). Dr. Jorge Acosta, the ...

Finding it hard to breathe when you lay down is medically called orthopnea. Find a list of potential causes to help narrow down your overall risk here.

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

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

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The pharmaceutical industry came up with medicine that stops people from craving processed, addictive foods and the food industry is in a panic.

A report published last week in “The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology” strives to redefine obesity. An international group convened to examine the longstanding concept and are recommending better ...

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"The whole goal of this is to get a more precise definition so that ... meet BMI and other markers of obesity and have evidence of organ, tissue or other problems caused by excess weight.

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