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

A new report says only using BMI to determine if a patient has obesity leads to under-diagnosing people who are ill and ...

Officers will now have to keep their BMI at 28 or less if they expect to climb the ranks. Read more at straitstimes.com.

It's the start of another year and the body mass index (BMI) is being criticized again. This time a Lancet-commissioned group ...

More than 1 billion people worldwide live with obesity, and the condition is linked to about 5 million deaths every year from ...

The whole goal of this is to get a more precise definition so that we are targeting the people who actually need the help ...

The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology Commission, made up of more than 50 experts, has called for a ‘radical overhaul’ in how ...

Inspector-General of Police Razarudin Husain says any officers whose BMI reading is above 28 could lose out on promotion.

Where you store fat, as opposed to how much you have, may be a bigger risk factor for colon cancer, a study published in JAMA ...

A recent study revealed that aerobic fitness is more important than BMI when it comes to longevity. Experts explain why ...

There may be a more effective way to define and diagnose obesity, according to a commission of scientists that proposed a ...

The way clinicians diagnose obesity is set to change with new guidelines acknowledging that not all obese have the same ...