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

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

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

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).

It's the start of another year and the body mass index (BMI) is being criticized again. This time a Lancet-commissioned group ...

A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial body mass index and hoping to better identify people who need treatment ...

Women with a waist size over 35 inches and men with a waist larger than 40 inches are at higher risk of developing metabolic diseases, she said. What if your doctor only looks at BMI? Some doctors ...

New obesity criteria for Indians now include waist circumference and waist-to-height ratio. Abdominal obesity is indicated ...

Body Mass Index (BMI) has limitations as it doesn't distinguish between muscle and fat, leading to misclassification of obesity. A suggested alternative is calculating body fat percentage through ...

New Delhi: A new report by The Lancet released Wednesday, which has the potential to alter the way obesity is seen and managed across the world, has suggested adopting measures apart from body mass ...

A mass shooting on Sunday night claimed the lives of six men and left one woman seriously injured in Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape. When police arrived at the scene at a house in Kani Street, Veeplaas ...