A commission proposed a new definition of obesity focused on how excess fat affects the body, rather than assessing body mass index, that could change clinical care.

A group of 58 researchers is calling for a new, better way to measure obesity and excess body fat that goes beyond BMI. Here's what they recommend using instead.

Obesity rates for Black children and adolescents are 22.4% in the decade before the pandemic and 35% in the 2 years after the ...

BMI charts also display the ranges for the categories of underweight, overweight, and obesity. Carrying too much or too little weight can increase a person’s risk of health problems, either in ...

Kids normally have their body-mass index decline between 1 and 6 years of age About 10% have their BMI remain the same in those early years and they are more likely to become obese by age 9 ...

Obesity experts have thrown aside their BMI charts as they reveal it is possible to be both fat and fit. Huge numbers of the 17.6million Brits who have been told that they are overweight are in ...

Among the most important changes are new ways to diagnose obesity and its stages. BMI is not everything, and the scale number is not definitive, "it has been wrongly defined as such", argues Ciudin.

The report introduces an important new category called “pre-clinical obesity” for individuals with a BMI over 25 who don’t yet show health complications.

BMI is a widely used tool for assessing obesity, but it has limitations. It doesn't account for muscle mass, fat distribution or bone density. Experts suggest using it alongside other measures for ...

According to the World Health Organization, obesity is defined as a BMI of 30 or more in adults, and it affects one in every eight people. However, using BMI alone to diagnose obesity has certain ...

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 ...

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