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

Central obesity measures of waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio appear to be more accurate and consistent indicators of colorectal cancer incidence compared with BMI, according to a study ...

A global group of experts has suggested a new approach to diagnosing and treating obesity that does not rely solely on the much-contested body mass index (BMI).

Children’s eating habits are strongly influenced by their parents' weight status, with those having overweight or obese ...

Obesity, a new report recommends, should be diagnosed by an individual’s body fat percentage, not weight, which was the norm ...

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

The condition is better measured by looking at factors like inflammation, insulin resistance, and glucose tolerance, according to the doctor. In some cases, using BMI can result in “muscular athletes” ...

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.

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

Ultraprocessed food consumption in preschoolers is associated with increased body fat, particularly in boys, underscoring the ...

This small but meaningful change seen in California may add up to a generational impact on consumption, but only time will ...

Obesity, long determined by the flawed metric of BMI, should be diagnosed based on other measurements, experts argue.