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

Obesity affects over 1 billion people globally, with 40 percent of U.S. adults classified as obese under the present ...

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

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

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

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

BMI falls short as a way to measure obesity. Doctors need to also determine whether body fat harms a person's health.

New guidance from a team of health experts around the world proposes expanding the definition of obesity beyond the popular ...

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 ...

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

Doctors worldwide should diagnose obesity differently, relying on broader criteria and taking into account when the condition ...