Under recommendations released Tuesday night, obesity would no longer be defined solely by BMI, a calculation ... expert at the University of Michigan School of Public Health.

The way the world defines obesity has been in need of an overhaul, according to some experts, and it could be coming soon ...

For years, medical experts have defined obesity primarily based on body mass index, which measures stored fat by calculating ...

A new report noted that body mass index does not provide a nuanced enough assessment of health as it relates to weight ...

But those having excess fat may not always have a BMI 30, which shows under-diagnosis of people and the health risks they carry. BMI is defined as a measure of body fat based on a person’s weight in ...

Under recommendations released Tuesday night, obesity would no longer be defined solely by BMI, a calculation of height ... a nutrition expert at the University of Michigan School of Public Health.

Medical experts have urged a shift away from the Body Mass Index (BMI) as the main yardstick to determine obesity ... on assumed parameters in absentia but examination of patient’s health in person is ...

Indian doctors have revised obesity guidelines for the first time in 15 years, moving beyond the traditional BMI tool to include metrics like Waist Circumference and Waist-to-Height Ratio. Listen to ...

Experts are proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial body mass index (BMI ... at the University of Michigan School of Public Health.

As a result, presidential landslide elections have become much less common, according to David Darmofal, a professor of political science at the University of South Carolina. “We would expect ...

BMI has long been considered a flawed measure that can over-diagnose or underdiagnose obesity, which is currently defined as a BMI of 30 or more. But people with excess body fat do not always have a ...