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

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

Fact checked by Nick Blackmer A new report argues that body mass index or BMI is not the most accurate way to define obesity.BMI is only a measure of a person’s weight and height and does not account ...

In Tuesday's issue of The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, dozens of international medical experts and people with lived ...

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

A group of experts from around the world are proposing an alternative way of defining clinical obesity, eschewing the ...

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

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

Clinical obesity’ and 'pre-clinical obesity' have been introduced as the new categories for diagnosing obesity, which they ...

Traditionally BMI was used to define obesity, but a team of doctors redefined obesity based on the Indian population.

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