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

Our reframing acknowledges the nuanced reality of obesity and allows for personalized care,” said Dr. Francesco Rubino of ...

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

Obesity affects over 1 billion people globally, with 40 percent of U.S. adults classified as obese under the present ...

While the authors of the study say BMI may not be a best ... a professor with the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington said a coordinated effort by ...

An international commission made the case for focusing on body fat quantity and the illnesses people experience.

Obesity, long determined by the flawed metric of BMI, should be diagnosed based on other measurements, experts argue.

Experts say clinical obesity is more than a high BMI and instead is a disease in which excess body fat harms tissues, organs or doing daily activities.

We're often told that maintaining a healthy weight is key to a longer, healthier life. There is merit to this, of course, but ...

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