People with higher body mass indexes say they're relieved by experts' new guidance to downplay the use of BMI in diagnosing people with weight problems or obesity.

Researchers said using BMI alone as the sole arbiter of obesity is inadequate and doesn ... knee or hip pain, reduced range of motion due to excess body fat, heart failure or other organ dysfunction.

Under new recommendations, obesity would no longer be defined solely by BMI, a calculation of height ... than their counterparts in a normal weight range. Other experts concur.

Instead of BMI, the commission recommends that obesity be diagnosed through one of these methods: Using another measurement ...

But, while generally useful, BMI can fail to identify some people who are unhealthy due to their excess weight, and ...

Their BMI may be in the normal range, but their level of belly fat may put them at risk of metabolic disease. "What's new is that we try to define obesity by excess body fat, which is what obesity ...

Over one billion people in the world are estimated to have obesity. Some experts believe its treatment and diagnosis need a ...

Obesity is linked to many common diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease, fatty liver disease and knee ...

An international committee of scientists has proposed changing the way obesity is defined and diagnosed. The proposal adds ...