New guidance from a team of health experts around the world proposes expanding the definition of obesity beyond the popular body mass index (BMI) measure.

There may be a more effective way to define and diagnose obesity, according to a commission of scientists that proposed a major change regarding the metabolic disease. Body mass index (BMI), a calculated measure of height related to weight,

An international committee of scientists has proposed changing the way obesity is defined and diagnosed. The proposal adds more ways to measure body composition and fat.

The recommendations also put forth two new diagnosis categories: clinical obesity and pre-obesity. The first describes people with evidence of health conditions caused by excess weight, such as heart disease. The latter refers to people at risk of developing a health condition due to their level of body fat.

Get a load of this — you may be obese after all! About 40% of US adults — more than 100 million Americans — are considered obese. It’s a growing public health crisis that makes patients vulnerable to heart disease,

The clinical definition for "obesity" is not one size fits all. Relying on body mass index (BMI) alone can lead to under-diagnosis of people who are

A new approach to diagnosing obesity aims to reduce reliance on BMI, incorporating waist circumference and health evidence for better identification.

a commissioner and professor of medicine and medical education at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, in an interview with ABC News. Clinical obesity, by contrast, involves ...

New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and take into account health problems from extra weight and other measurements.

New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and also take into account health problems from extra weight and other measurements.

College of Food Science and Engineering, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100 Shaanxi, China College of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, 710129 Shaanxi, China

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 for the disease caused by excess body fat.