A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial body mass index and hoping to better identify people who need treatment for ...

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

However, this classification system assumes that weight alone is a reliable indicator of health, disregarding important ...

Childhood BMI trends — specifically moderate BMI and high BMI variability — were associated with high cortisol concentrations at 17 years of age.

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

Body mass index (BMI) is a measure of someone’s weight compared to their height whereas body fat percentage is a measure of ...

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

An 8-week weight loss and lifestyle intervention improved vitamin D levels up to 6 months after treatment among men with OSA and high BMI.

It’s time to rethink what ‘obesity’ means as an international group of experts says the body mass index has limited value ...

The levels of caffeine in your blood could affect the amount of body fat you carry, a factor that in turn could determine ...

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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.