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

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

The observational study, led by Washington University clinical epidemiologist ... by Eli Lilly – for people with a body mass index (BMI) of more than 35 and at least one weight-related illness.

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

An international committee of scientists has proposed a new way to determine excess body fat instead of just relying on body mass index (BMI ... expert at the University of Washington and ...

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 ...