For years, a debate has raged over how obesity is diagnosed. Currently, many countries define obesity as having a body mass ...

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

A group of experts from around the world are proposing an alternative way of defining clinical obesity, eschewing the commonly referenced body max index (BMI) and instead approaching the condition ...

An international team of doctors proposed a new way to define obesity that's not based solely on BMI. Here's what they ...

A global commission presents a nuanced approach to defining clinical obesity as a chronic illness resulting from the effect of excess adiposity on organ and tissue function.

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

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

Obesity is estimated to affect more than ... The new definitions were endorsed by more than 75 medical organizations around the world, but it's not clear how widely or quickly they could be ...

The commercialisation of junk food, increase in inactive lifestyles with prolonged sitting, and high stress environments, ...

It’s time to rethink what ‘obesity’ means as an international group of experts says the body mass index has limited value ...