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

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

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

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

Under recommendations released Tuesday night, obesity would no longer be defined solely by BMI, a calculation of height and ...

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

According to the current measurement, those with a body mass index (BMI) of over 30 are classed as "obese" – in the UK ... who chaired the group of more than 50 medical experts, says that obesity is a ...

They recommend confirming obesity through additional body measurements ... people with excess body fat do not always have a BMI above 30, meaning that their health risk can go unnoticed.

Because obesity is strictly defined as a BMI over 30, he says there are not only patients wrongly diagnosed with obesity, but also a lack of individualized care. “We need to improve the accuracy ...

Currently, anyone with a BMI of 30 or more is considered obese, regardless of their body composition or general fitness. A new generation of obesity drugs like Novo Nordisk A/S’ Wegovy and Eli ...