There may be a more effective way to define and diagnose obesity, according to a commission of scientists that proposed a ...

Global experts advised in addition to BMI, measuring 'waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, or waist-to-height ratio' be ...

How we define obesity needs to become more nuanced, a report has argued, with BMI (body mass index) as a measure alone being ...

New obesity criteria for Indians now include waist circumference and waist-to-height ratio. Abdominal obesity is indicated ...

BMI has long been considered a flawed measure that can over-diagnose or underdiagnose obesity, which is currently defined as ...

Body Mass Index, or BMI, has long been criticized as an unreliable method for measuring obesity — and now a group of experts ...

Although both parents and pediatricians understand the need to treat kids with hypertension, few believe the diagnosis or ...

An international committee of scientists has proposed changing the way obesity is defined and diagnosed. The proposal adds ...

An international and widely supported group of experts is pushing doctors to avoid the exclusive use of BMI to decide whether ...

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

BMI has long been falling out of favor. When the American Medical Association urged downgrading BMI in 2023, it blamed its ...