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

The new definition proposed by the Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology Commission, a group of 58 leading experts from various ...

A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial body mass index and hoping to better identify people who need treatment for ...

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

BMI over 30 is considered obese. But those having excess fat may not have a BMI 30, which shows under-diagnosis of people and ...

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

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

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 ...

The Lancet Commission has declared obesity a disease. With enough controversy to fill a buffet table, their new definition is ...

The Lancet, a global medical journal that works with academics to identify issues in public health, hosted a Commission on ...

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