Was actor Jake Gyllenhaal overweight when he filmed Road House? Should Kansas City Chiefs' tight end Travis Kelce be considered nearly obese? According to the current definition of "overweight" and ...

A global group of experts has suggested a new approach to diagnosing and treating obesity. Instead of relying only on body mass index (BMI), which has some limitations, the new framework introduces ...

Obesity is a global epidemic affecting millions of people every day and is associated with comorbidities ranging from heart ...

In 2024, the European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO) published an updated framework for classifying obesity that recognizes that the use of BMI is a limited tool in defining the condition ...

BMI is a measure of body weight relative to height. The goal for most people is to have a BMI that’s over 18 and under 25.

A recently-published study suggests that a body "roundness" index may be a better measure of health than body mass index (BMI). The article, called "Body Roundness Index and All-Cause Mortality Among ...

Three researchers from Pennington Biomedical serve on the 56-member commission, Global launch event tomorrow with Pennington Biomedical representing North America Current medical approaches to ...