Over 75 medical organisations worldwide have endorsed the new definitions, reflecting a growing consensus for reform.

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

An international team of doctors proposed a new way to define obesity that's not based solely on BMI. Here's what they ...

The researchers are advocating for a new approach that emphasises the impact of excess body fat on health, rather than relying solely on Body Mass Index (BMI).

Currently, anyone with a BMI of ... training of healthcare workers, according to the Lancet commission. It applies to adults regardless of age, gender or ethnicity, said the University of Colorado ...

A new report noted that body mass index does not provide a nuanced enough assessment of health as it relates to weight ...

Queensland-based Sarah Cox recalls that in 2018, her doctor advised her to lose weight because her body mass index (BMI) was too high, despite her feeling healthy and experiencing no physical ...

BMI, a widely used measure, has long been criticized for being too simplistic. It calculates obesity based only on height and ...

A new report published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology challenges the conventional reliance on Body Mass Index (BMI) ...

Under recommendations released Tuesday night, obesity would no longer be defined solely by BMI, a calculation of height and ... an obesity expert at the University of Washington and one of the 58 ...

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