Maintaining a healthy weight is an essential part of overall well-being. But while most health conversations revolve around ...

We break down the history behind BMI and how body fat percentage relates to your health. Read more to get a better ...

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.

As BMI is increasingly recognized as an imperfect way to measure health, UVA researchers share other metrics they rely upon.

The previous version of this story was published in 2022, when Business Insider spoke to Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford. It has been updated to reflect the findings of a new report. Chances are, a ...

By Gina Kolata Obesity should be assessed in a way that goes beyond the standard measure of body mass index, or B.M.I., according ... but who are otherwise healthy, should pretty much be left ...

To reduce the likelihood of needing such a procedure, Dr. Grunkemeyer advised maintaining a healthy weight. "You've got to maintain a BMI within a normal range," he said, acknowledging the ...

And about 20% of people with serious health effects but lower BMI would now be considered clinically obese, experts said. “It wouldn't dramatically change the percentage of people being defined ...

(CNN) — 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.

obesity would no longer be defined solely by BMI, a calculation of height and weight, but combined with other measurements, such as waist circumference, plus evidence of health problems tied to ...