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

Obesity has been an ongoing struggle for many consumers, and for years, body mass index (BMI) has been the key metric health ...

Two newer adiposity measures incorporating waist circumference predicted periodontitis better than body mass index, reported ...

BMI is a 53-year-old metric that experts suggest needs an update—here's what they say is the more reliable way to determine ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

A new report says only using BMI to determine if a patient has obesity leads to under-diagnosing people who are ill and over-diagnosing people who don't currently deal with the negative health ...

The Lancet, a global medical journal that works with academics to identify issues in public health, hosted a Commission on ...

An international and widely supported group of experts is pushing doctors to avoid the exclusive use of BMI to decide whether someone has obesity, alongside other major changes.

Understanding the definition of obesity: experts examine the limitations of body-mass index (BMI) and propose alternative ...

By coincidence (they started before GLP -1 drugs were approved for slimming), a group of 56 doctors have just answered that ...