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

Obesity, a new report recommends, should be diagnosed by an individual’s body fat percentage, not weight, which was the norm ...

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

Obesity has been an ongoing struggle for many consumers, and for years, body mass index (BMI) has been the key metric health ...

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).

A commission proposed a new definition of obesity focused on how excess fat affects the body, rather than assessing body mass ...

Who is eligible for weight-loss jabs? UK pharmacies tighten rules amid misuse concerns - The clampdown comes after several ...

The health care community has redefined the requirements for clinical obesity, noting BMI shouldn’t be the sole barometer of ...

Clinical guidelines published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology Commission Tuesday conclude only using BMI to determine if a patient has obesity leads to under-diagnosing people who are ill ...

And people with high muscle mass — football players or other athletes — may have a high BMI despite normal fat mass. Under the new criteria, about 20% of people who used to be classified as ...

In a 42-page article, entitled "Definition and diagnostic criteria of clinical obesity ... Today, a person is considered obese if they have a body mass index (BMI – calculated by dividing ...