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

A group of 58 researchers is calling for a new, better way to measure obesity and excess body fat that goes beyond BMI.

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

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

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

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

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

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

A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial body mass index and hoping to better identify people who need treatment for ...

That means muscular people, including athletes, can have high BMI and could be considered on paper to have obesity when in reality they do not have too much body fat, also known as adiposity.

Body mass index (BMI) has been the international standard for measuring obesity since the 1980s, according to many sources, though some experts have questioned its validity. A person’s BMI is ...

(CNN) — For years, medical experts have defined obesity primarily based on body mass index, which measures stored fat by calculating height and weight, to determine a person’s health risks.