Under recommendations released Tuesday night, obesity would no longer be defined solely by BMI, a calculation ... expert at the University of Michigan School of Public Health.

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 ...

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

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

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.

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

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

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