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

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

Researchers highlight that having a normal BMI does not always indicate good health, as high body fat can increase the risk ...

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 ...

Academics have suggested that a body mass index (BMI) score is not “nuanced” enough to measure obesity and more assessments ...

How we define obesity needs to become more nuanced, a report has argued, with BMI (body mass index) as a measure alone being ...

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 ...

Can you carry extra pounds yet still be considered fit and healthy? It’s a question that has been posed by doctors for years.

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

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

As of March 2020, nearly 42% of US adults had obesity, with the report estimating that more than a billion people are living ...