There’s no “perfect” or “better” body shape, experts agree — yet you still might find yourself wondering what your body shape ...

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

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

GDR, compared with other insulin resistance markers, demonstrated superior predictive value for cardiovascular outcomes such as MI.

A study found that the triglyceride-glucose (TyG) index, combined with obesity measures, significantly correlates with ...

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

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

India has experienced a doubling of obesity prevalence over the past two decades, with abdominal obesity becoming ...

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

The experts issued new guidelines that provide several metrics to help diagnose obesity by using Waist Circumference (WC), Waist-to-Height Ratio (W-HtR), abdominal adiposity (excessive fat around ...

Dr. Naval Vikram, professor of medicine at AIIMS Delhi and co-author of the study, underscored the importance of the findings. "A distinct definition of obesity for Indians is crucial for the early ...

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 ...