Body Mass Index (BMI) has limitations as it doesn't distinguish between muscle and fat, leading to misclassification of obesity. A suggested alternative is calculating body fat percentage through ...

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

The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology Commission, made up of more than 50 experts, has called for a ‘radical overhaul’ in how ...

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

BMI falls short as a way to measure obesity. Doctors need to also determine whether body fat harms a person's health.

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

An international committee of scientists has proposed changing the way obesity is defined and diagnosed. The proposal adds ...

New guidance from a team of health experts around the world proposes expanding the definition of obesity beyond the popular ...

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

An international and widely supported group of experts is pushing doctors to avoid the exclusive use of BMI to decide whether ...

Indian doctors have revised obesity guidelines for the first time in 15 years, moving beyond the traditional BMI tool to ...