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

As obesity experts say more than 15 million Birtons are being wrongly labelled overweight and propose a radical overhaul of ...

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

An international group of experts proposes two new categories of disease: preclinical and clinical obesity and the FDA ...

The body mass index is not going away, a new report suggests, but it could be demoted to just a first step in making a more nuanced diagnosis of obesity as a disease, one that distinguishes ...

A group of global health experts are proposing changes to how obesity is defined and diagnosed. Their aim is to move beyond the long-criticized Body Mass Index (BMI) in favor of combining other ...

A recent study revealed that aerobic fitness is more important than BMI when it comes to longevity. Experts explain why ...

Is obesity a disease or a risk factor for disease? In medical circles – and outside of them – the question is contentious, ...

Obesity is a growing health concern worldwide, especially for older adults. Carrying excess weight does more than change how ...

Cardiorespiratory fitness significantly reduces mortality risks regardless of BMI, highlighting fitness as a critical health ...

Under new recommendations, obesity would no longer be defined solely by BMI, a calculation of height ... It suggested people aim for at least ‘moderate to vigorous’ intensity exercise for ...

A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial body mass index and hoping to better identify people who need treatment ...