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

After a nearly 40-year career at BMI, Alison Smith, Executive Vice President, Chief Distribution & Publisher Relations ...

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

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

However, this classification system assumes that weight alone is a reliable indicator of health, disregarding important ...

Lizzo not only revealed that she achieved her 'weight release' goal — she also lost many BMI points and body fat percentage ...

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

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

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

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

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

An international group of experts proposes two new categories of disease: preclinical and clinical obesity and the FDA ...