BMI is a 53-year-old metric that experts suggest needs an update—here's what they say is the more reliable way to determine ...

Obesity is now understood as a condition that affects the functions of organs and tissues, leading to complications such as ...

BENGALURU: Over 1,000 individuals - 532 male and 501 female - in Kolar district alone have been found to be obese, according ...

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

Understanding the definition of obesity: experts examine the limitations of body-mass index (BMI) and propose alternative measures for adiposity.

A global group of experts has suggested a new approach to diagnosing and treating obesity that does not rely solely on the ...

The following is a summary of “Recording practices of body mass index, overweight and obesity by Dutch general practitioners: an observational study,” published in the January 2025 issue of Primary ...

According to the researchers, the healthcare sector, online medical repositories and hospitals were generating vast amounts ...

More than 1 billion people worldwide live with obesity, and the condition is linked to about 5 million deaths every year from ...

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

Researchers highlight that having a normal BMI does not always indicate good health, as high body fat can increase the risk ...

The recommendations also put forth two new diagnosis categories: clinical obesity and pre-obesity. The first describes people with evidence of health conditions caused by excess weight, such as heart ...