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

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” ...

A commission proposed a new definition of obesity focused on how excess fat affects the body, rather than assessing body mass index, that could change clinical care.

There are four BMI categories: healthy weight, underweight, overweight, and obese. Although your BMI will not directly measure your body fat, often it can closely predict the percentage of body ...

BMI is calculated using a person's weight and height, and doctors may tell those who fall into the obese or severely obese categories that they could be at risk of health issues including diabetes ...

Many young women gain weight in the years after breast reduction surgery, according to a study published online in th ...

A second category, called "pre-clinical obesity," includes people who have a higher BMI and excess body fat but are otherwise healthy. These people might eventually be at risk for obesity-related ...

The report introduces two new diagnostic categories: clinical obesity and pre-clinical obesity. People with pre-clinical obesity are at risk for those conditions, but have no ongoing illness, the ...

BMI can tell us about the health of populations ... an international group of experts including people with obesity, proposes two new categories of disease: preclinical and clinical obesity.

Findings indicate a 12.8% 10-year diabetes risk, driven by fasting plasma glucose, age, sex, and BMI, highlighting the need ...

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

Body mass index (BMI) has been the international standard ... stroke and kidney failure. "As these categories of obesity are entirely new, we can’t measure their relative prevalence in the ...