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

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

In Tuesday's issue of The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, dozens of international medical experts and people with lived ...

Doctors worldwide should diagnose obesity differently, relying on broader criteria and taking into account when the condition ...

A BMI of 30 or above generally classifies adults as having obesity, according to the WHO ... It’s up to individual doctors and health care systems to decide whether to put these guidelines ...

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

A group of experts from around the world are proposing an alternative way of defining clinical obesity, eschewing the ...

Obesity is now understood as a condition that affects the functions of organs and tissues, leading to complications such as ...

Additionally, disease classification may improve access to healthcare, promote insurance ... However, when it comes to diagnosing obesity, BMI can be a somewhat blunt, imprecise instrument.

Using body-mass index to tell who is overweight or obese is not reliable and can result in misdiagnosis, the Commission on ...

which undermines medically sound approaches to health care and policy,” the commission wrote. “Relying on BMI alone to diagnose obesity is problematic,” said commissioner Dr. Robert Eckel ...

At the moment, clinicians use BMI or body mass index to diagnose obesity, a calculation based ... which could help better use healthcare resources. They said it was not yet clear if it would ...