While a healthy lifestyle naturally has important benefits, yet seeking weight loss alone might not give an adequate picture ...

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).

To improve access to care, many professional organizations have advocated for classifying obesity as a disease. However, the ...

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

BMI, or body mass index, is an outdated measurement that fails to properly identify health risks, according to a new study.

Body mass index (BMI) may not be the most accurate predictor of death risk. A new study from the University of Florida found ...

A WHO-backed study reveals that overweight postmenopausal women with heart disease face a 31 per cent higher breast cancer ...

Emerging research challenges the conventional BMI approach in cancer care, showing that body composition—not just weight—can significantly impact survival outcomes.

The European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO) framework may offer a more sensitive measure of obesity tha ...

They pointed out that BMI can classify some people with a “normal” BMI, even when they have a high percentage of body fat. A ...

A new University of Florida Health study shows that body mass index, or BMI — commonly used to measure obesity and health ...

Instead of relying only on body mass index (BMI), which has some limitations, the new framework introduces improved ways to identify and understand obesity, for example, by separating early signs ...