Childhood obesity is on the rise and is becoming an epidemic in our country and worldwide. The consequences of childhood ...

BMI is a 53-year-old metric that 58 expert researchers suggest officially needs an update—here's what they say is the more ...

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

Understanding the definition of obesity: experts examine the limitations of body-mass index (BMI) and propose alternative measures for adiposity.

A new report says only using BMI to determine if a patient has obesity leads to under-diagnosing people who are ill and ...

Under recommendations released Tuesday night, obesity would no longer be defined solely by BMI, a calculation of height and ...

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

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

People in the United States are living longer and with that comes increased rates of dementia. Dr. Josef Coresh, with NYU ...