A new report notes that the amount of belly fat a patient has is a more useful metric for determining obesity than ...

Doctors typically use several different metrics to decide your healthy weight range, such as body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, body composition, and waist-to-hip ratio. What is the ...

New research exposes critical flaws in BMI measurements, as medical experts advocate for more accurate and inclusive methods ...

The condition is better measured by looking at factors like inflammation, insulin resistance, and glucose tolerance, ...

A commission proposed a new definition of obesity focused on how excess fat affects the body, rather than assessing body mass ...

A global group of experts has suggested a new approach to diagnosing and treating obesity that does not rely solely on the ...

The number does not capture a person's muscle mass; where on their body fat is stored; or how their race, ethnicity and ...

Many adolescents and young women gain weight in the years after breast reduction surgery—particularly those who were at a ...

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

Intramuscular fat, contained within muscle tissue, increases the risk of serious heart disease, regardless of other risk ...

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