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

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BENGALURU: Over 1,000 individuals - 532 male and 501 female - in Kolar district alone have been found to be obese, according ...

As obesity experts say more than 15 million Birtons are being wrongly labelled overweight and propose a radical overhaul of ...

BMI over 30 is considered obese. But those having excess fat may not have a BMI 30, which shows under-diagnosis of people and ...

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

New obesity criteria for Indians now include waist circumference and waist-to-height ratio. Abdominal obesity is indicated ...

Under new recommendations, obesity would no longer ... at Newcastle University, says that “men develop type 2 diabetes at a lower BMI than do women”. However, at menopause, things can go ...

Research shows that people with a certain body shape face a higher risk of serious health problems compared to their ...

According to the current definition of "overweight" and "obesity," a ratio of height and weight, both men meet ... them unhealthy. Women's rugby player Ilonah Maher, who has a BMI of 29, told ...

The term overweight is no more a part of the India-specific obesity guidelines that were revised after nearly 15 years and ...