A new study compares body mass index (BMI) with body fat percentage and finds the latter is far more reliable in predicting ...

A group of 58 researchers is calling for a new, better way to measure obesity. The global team’s recommendations were published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology on Jan. 14. Body mass index ...

A commission proposed a new definition of obesity focused on how excess fat affects the body, rather than assessing body mass index, that could change clinical care.

Obesity rates for Black children and adolescents are 22.4% in the decade before the pandemic and 35% in the 2 years after the ...

BMI charts also display the ranges for the categories of underweight, overweight, and obesity. Carrying too much or too little weight can increase a person’s risk of health problems, either in ...

A group of 58 researchers is calling for a new, better way to measure obesity and excess body fat that goes beyond BMI. Here's what they recommend using instead.

Kids normally have their body-mass index decline between 1 and 6 years of age About 10% have their BMI remain the same in those early years and they are more likely to become obese by age 9 ...

Among the most important changes are new ways to diagnose obesity and its stages. BMI is not everything, and the scale number is not definitive, "it has been wrongly defined as such", argues Ciudin.

The report introduces an important new category called “pre-clinical obesity” for individuals with a BMI over 25 who don’t yet show health complications.

Shortness of breath, joint pain, and metabolic abnormalities like type 2 diabetes are obvious signs of what the commission classifies as clinical obesity. But high BMI without such symptoms may ...

A commission proposed a new definition of obesity focused on how excess fat affects the body, rather than assessing body mass index, that could change clinical care. CNN values your feedback 1.