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).

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines obesity as a person who has a BMI of 30 or more.As of March 2020, nearly 42% of U.S. adults had obesity, according to the CDC.

New recommendations to measure obesity 03:26. Body mass index, or BMI, has long been criticized as a flawed method for measuring obesity — and now a group of experts is sharing new ...

It’s time to do better than BMI, an international group of 58 experts from fields including obesity medicine, endocrinology, bariatric surgery, cardiovascular medicine, gastroenterology, and ...

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

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

HealthDay News — The European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO) framework may offer a more sensitive measure of obesity than traditional body mass index (BMI), according to a study published ...

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

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

According to a recent commentary published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, cancer patients with a Body Mass Index (BMI) ≥25 kg/m², particularly those who are overweight or ...

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 ...