The condition is better measured by looking at factors like inflammation, insulin resistance, and glucose tolerance, ...

The number does not capture a person's muscle mass; where on their body fat is stored; or how their race, ethnicity and ...

A commission proposed a new definition of obesity focused on how excess fat affects the body, rather than assessing body mass ...

A new report notes that the amount of belly fat a patient has is a more useful metric for determining obesity than ...

BMI is a 53-year-old metric that experts suggest needs an update—here's what they say is the more reliable way to determine ...

A global group of experts has suggested a new approach to diagnosing and treating obesity that does not rely solely on the ...

Body mass index (BMI) is a measure of someone’s weight compared to their height whereas body fat percentage is a measure of ...

However, this classification system assumes that weight alone is a reliable indicator of health, disregarding important ...

It’s time to rethink what ‘obesity’ means as an international group of experts says the body mass index has limited value ...

Two newer adiposity measures incorporating waist circumference predicted periodontitis better than body mass index, reported ...

"We recommend that clinicians thoroughly assess people with obesity in the clinic and use other measures of body size — waist circumference or others — to understand if an increased BMI level ...

(CNN) — For years, medical experts have defined obesity primarily based on body mass index, which measures stored fat by calculating height and weight, to determine a person’s health risks ...