A group of 58 researchers is calling for a new, better way to measure obesity and excess body fat that goes beyond BMI.

Obesity experts have thrown aside their BMI charts as they reveal it is possible to be both fat and fit. Huge numbers of the 17.6million Brits who have been told that they are overweight are in fact ...

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

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on ...

A new Lancet Commission - made up of more than 50 experts from around the world - says a 'radical overhaul' is needed in how obesity is diagnosed ...

According to the current definition of "overweight" and "obesity," a ratio of height and weight, both men meet those standards. But this measure, called body mass index, or BMI, lacks nuance and ...

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

An international committee of scientists has proposed a change to the way obesity is defined and diagnosed. The goal is to offer a more nuanced and objective way to assess body composition, by adding ...

and how else doctors can diagnose obesity. Image credit: VICTOR TORRES/Stocksy. A global group of experts has suggested a new approach to diagnosing and treating obesity. Instead of relying only ...

just shy of the 30 BMI cutoff for being considered "obese," accoding to the CDC's BMI calculator. Women's rugby player Ilonah Maher, who has a BMI of 29, told People.com she has been classified as ...