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

BMI falls short as a way to measure obesity. Doctors need to also determine whether body fat harms a person's health.

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

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

“The term osteoporosis screening refers to use of bone density, x-ray studies or other tools to identify persons at an increased risk of fractures or bone breaks,” Dr. Thomas Weber, an endocrinologist ...

Discover how pre-pregnancy exposure to air pollution can elevate childhood obesity risk and the significance of reducing it.

Obesity affects over 1 billion people globally, with 40 percent of U.S. adults classified as obese under the present ...

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

The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology published its Commission on the definition and diagnostic criteria of clinical obesity.

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