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

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

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

One of the primary limitations of the BMI is its inability to distinguish between the fat mass and the lean muscle mass.

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

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

Many adolescents and young women gain weight in the years after breast reduction surgery – particularly those who were at a healthy body mass index (BMI) before surgery, reports a paper in the ...

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

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

Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail has stressed the importance of maintaining a healthy Body Mass Index (BMI) ...

People with pockets of fat hidden inside their muscles are at a higher risk of dying or being hospitalized from a heart attack or heart failure, regardless of their body mass index, according to new ...