An international panel of researchers say the measure is too simplistic and focuses too much on weight versus wellness.

New guidance from a team of health experts around the world proposes expanding the definition of obesity beyond the popular ...

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

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

The Global Commission on Clinical Obesity has put forward 18 criteria for diagnosing clinical obesity, moving away from the ...

New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and also take into account health ...

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

The proposed changes, announced on Wednesday, have been five years in the making and aim to reframe obesity by moving beyond Body Mass Index (BMI) calculations. The authors determined that ...

Obesity is currently defined as a BMI of 30 or above in adults. New guidance from a team of health experts around the world proposes expanding the definition of obesity beyond the popular body ...

The body mass index is not going away, a new report suggests, but it could be demoted to just a first step in making a more nuanced diagnosis of obesity as a disease, one that distinguishes ...