Doctors worldwide should adopt a more comprehensive approach to diagnosing obesity, incorporating broader criteria and ...

Officers will now have to keep their BMI at 28 or less if they expect to climb the ranks. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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

Where you store fat, as opposed to how much you have, may be a bigger risk factor for colon cancer, a study published in JAMA ...

A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial ...

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

The whole goal of this is to get a more precise definition so that we are targeting the people who actually need the help ...

Can you carry extra pounds yet still be considered fit and healthy? It’s a question that has been posed by doctors for years.

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

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

Major medical groups are proposing a change to how doctors diagnose obesity, moving away from the body mass index or BMI. The new definition intends to move away from weight stigma and instead focus ...

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