Body Mass Index (BMI) has limitations as it doesn't distinguish between muscle and fat, leading to misclassification of ...

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

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

In a study of more than 5,000 mothers and their children, exposure to air pollution during the three months before pregnancy ...

Obesity is currently defined as a BMI of 30 or above in adults. New guidance from a team of health experts around the world proposes expanding the definition of obesity beyond the popular body ...

People are being "overdiagnosed" with obesity because the body mass index (BMI) is not "nuanced" enough, leading medics have warned. A commission of more than 50 international experts said solely ...

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

The proposed changes, announced on Wednesday, have been five years in the making and aim to reframe obesity by moving beyond Body Mass Index (BMI) calculations. The authors determined that ...

New guidance from a team of health experts around the world proposes expanding the definition of obesity beyond the popular body mass index (BMI) measure. The new guidance comes from the ...

The body mass index, a weight-to-height ratio, has long been criticized as too simplistic, in part because it can’t distinguish between fat and muscle mass. Currently, anyone with a BMI of 30 or ...

In a study of more than 5,000 mothers and their children, exposure to air pollution during the three months before pregnancy predicted higher child body mass index (BMI) and related obesity risk ...

The body mass index is not going away ... global commission on clinical obesity published Tuesday acknowledges that BMI — the familiar metric derived from height and weight — may be useful ...