For years, medical experts have defined obesity primarily based on body mass index, which measures stored fat by calculating height and weight, to determine a person’s health risks. Major public ...

Part of the issue is the current definition of BMI, with a value of over 30 indicating obesity among people of European descent. Country-specific cutoffs help account for how obesity risk changes ...

Body mass index (BMI) is key method for measuring a person’s weight status, and defining if they have normal weight, overweight, or obesity. However, new research to be presented at this year ...