For years, medical experts have defined obesity primarily based on body mass index, which measures stored fat by calculating ...

Adults with a BMI of at least 30 are considered obese. BMI has been used widely since the 1990s after the World Health ...

As of March 2020, nearly 42% of US adults had obesity, with the report estimating that more than a billion people are living ...

So what can and can’t BMI tell us about our health? While most people gauge their ... But it remains to be seen if they will be used in the real world, said Professor Simon Griffin, a professor ...

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

The experts said they aimed to make diagnosis more precise, which could help better use healthcare resources ... as well as the World Obesity Federation. World Health Organization experts served on ...

For years, the method physicians have used to determine whether a person has obesity is to calculate their BMI — or body mass index ... significant rise in obesity around the globe. The World Health ...

Global health leaders ... also move away from BMI and its weight-to-height calculations in favour of waist-to-hip ratios and other measures of belly fat. Former World Obesity Federation chair ...

Adults with a BMI of at least 30 are considered obese. BMI has been used widely since the 1990s after the World Health Organization (WHO) started using it as an official obesity screening measure.

Obesity is currently defined as a BMI of 30 or above in adults, according to the World Health Organization, affecting 1 in 8 adults. However, using BMI alone to aid in the diagnosis of obesity has ...