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

The whole goal of this is to get a more precise definition so that we are targeting the people who actually need the help ...

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

Academics have suggested that a body mass index (BMI) score is not “nuanced” enough to measure obesity and more assessments ...

A new report published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology challenges the conventional reliance on Body Mass Index (BMI) ...

How we define obesity needs to become more nuanced, a report has argued, with BMI (body mass index) as a measure alone being ...

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

Experts suggest redefining obesity diagnosis with BMI, waist size, and health factors to improve treatment accuracy.

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

The recommendations also put forth two new diagnosis categories: clinical obesity and pre-obesity. The first describes people with evidence of health conditions caused by excess weight, such as heart ...

Medical experts have urged a shift away from the Body Mass Index (BMI) as the main yardstick to determine obesity as it does ...

Doctors check a person's body mass index by dividing their weight in kilometres by the square of their height in metres. If ...