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

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

Major medical groups are proposing a change to how doctors diagnose obesity, moving away from the body mass index or BMI. The new definition intends to move away from weight stigma and instead focus ...

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

A global Commission endorsed by over 75 medical organisations worldwide has proposed revamping the diagnosis of obesity.

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 ...

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

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

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

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

BMI is used to classify individuals as underweight, healthy weight, overweight, or obese based on their height and weight. It ...

Obesity is currently defined using a person’s body mass index, or BMI. But BMI alone does not tell us whether a person has ...