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

The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology Commission, made up of more than 50 experts, has called for a ‘radical overhaul’ in how ...

Discover how pre-pregnancy exposure to air pollution can elevate childhood obesity risk and the significance of reducing it.

Indian doctors have revised obesity guidelines for the first time in 15 years, moving beyond the traditional BMI tool to ...

BMI has long been considered a flawed measure that can over-diagnose or underdiagnose obesity, which is currently defined as ...

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

Body Mass Index, or BMI, has long been criticized as an unreliable method for measuring obesity — and now a group of experts ...

Relying solely on BMI to diagnose obesity may be outdated, say global experts. A new report calls for a more comprehensive ...

Using body-mass index to tell who is overweight or obese is not reliable and can result in misdiagnosis, the Commission on ...

New guidance from a team of health experts around the world proposes expanding the definition of obesity beyond the popular body mass index (BMI) measure.

Huge numbers of the 17.6million Brits who have been told that they are overweight are in fact perfectly healthy, the ...