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

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 longtime reliance on BMI means that obesity is likely overdiagnosed, members of the Commission said. View on euronews ...

The following is a summary of “Recording practices of body mass index, overweight and obesity by Dutch general practitioners: an observational study,” published in the January 2025 issue of Primary ...

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

New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and also take into account health ...

The recommendations also put forth two new diagnosis categories: clinical obesity and pre-obesity. The first describes people with evidence of health conditions caused by excess weight, such as heart ...

Sinatra’s 2017 compilation appears on four Billboard charts this week, and it lives inside the top 10 on all of them. The title lifts from No. 4 to No. 3 on both the Jazz Albums and Traditional ...

Premium New York Mass Shooting LIVE: 10 people were hospitalised with injuries on Wednesday night after an attack outside the Amazura nightclub in Queens New York Mass Shooting LIVE: 10 people ...

Of the 613 incidents recorded in the Associated Press/USA Today/Northeastern University mass killing database, analyzed by the Hearst Television Data Team, only 24 resulted in the deaths of 10 or ...