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

New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and also take into account health problems from extra weight and other measurements.

A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial ...

Body Mass Index (BMI) has been used to measure obesity. BMI estimates body fat based on a person’s height and weight. | Health News | Patrika News ...

It’s time to rethink what ‘obesity’ means as an international group of experts says the body mass index has limited value ...

The way the world defines obesity has been in need of an overhaul, according to some experts, and it could be coming soon ...

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

“That’s why,” says Dr Naval Kishore Vikram, professor of medicine, Metabolic Research Group, AIIMS, “obesity has to be ...

An increased muscle-to-fat ratio was associated with improved lung function and reduced airflow obstruction, as shown by a ...

The American Gastroenterology Association (AGA) issued a new clinical guideline recommending antiviral drugs for patients at ...

A larger body doesn’t necessarily mean you have ‘clinical obesity’, according to a proposed new definition of the ...