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

A group of 58 researchers is calling for a new, better way to measure obesity and excess body fat that goes beyond BMI.

Comprehensive study exposes critical health risks of obesity, including diabetes, heart disease, and cancer, while offering ...

The number does not capture a person's muscle mass; where on their body fat is stored; or how their race, ethnicity and ...

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

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

A new study finds that three quarters of American adults and half of adolescents are too heavy. That's making more of us sick and creating enormous health care costs.

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

A new report notes that the amount of belly fat a patient has is a more useful metric for determining obesity than ...

Body mass index (BMI) is a measure of someone’s weight compared to their height whereas body fat percentage is a measure of ...

Body mass index (BMI) has been the international standard for measuring obesity since the 1980s, according to many sources, though some experts have questioned its validity. A person’s BMI is ...

That means muscular people, including athletes, can have high BMI and could be considered on paper to have obesity when in reality they do not have too much body fat, also known as adiposity.