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

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

A new report says only using BMI to determine if a patient has obesity leads to under-diagnosing people who are ill and ...

Indian doctors have revised obesity guidelines for the first time in 15 years, moving beyond the traditional BMI tool to ...

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

BMI has long been considered a flawed measure that can over-diagnose or underdiagnose obesity, which is currently defined as ...

Obesity is currently defined using a person's body mass index, or BMI. This is calculated as weight (in kilograms) divided by ...

A global group of experts has suggested a new approach to diagnosing and treating obesity that does not rely solely on the much-contested body mass index (BMI).

The BMI, a weight-to-height ratio, has been criticised as too simplistic as it cannot distinguish between fat and muscle mass ...

A global commission gathered by The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology magazine argues that BMI, the conventional method for ...

BMI falls short as a way to measure obesity. Doctors need to also determine whether body fat harms a person's health.

Calling people obese is medically "flawed" - and the definition should be split into two, a report from global experts says.