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

Researchers have redefined obesity, emphasizing the impact of excess adiposity on organ and tissue function rather than ...

BMI is a 53-year-old metric that experts suggest needs an update—here's what they say is the more reliable way to determine ...

Researchers highlight that having a normal BMI does not always indicate good health, as high body fat can increase the risk ...

The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology Commission, made up of more than 50 experts, has called for a ‘radical overhaul’ in how ...

Using the Body Mass Index (BMI) to diagnose obesity should go the way of blood-letting, an international panel of 58 scientists argued in the British medical journal The Lancet. Doctors should instead ...

BMI has long been falling out of favor. When the American Medical Association urged downgrading BMI in 2023, it blamed its ...

BMI over 30 is considered obese. But those having excess fat may not have a BMI 30, which shows under-diagnosis of people and ...

Body Mass Index (BMI) has limitations as it doesn't distinguish between muscle and fat, leading to misclassification of ...

A new report recommends doctors stop using Body Mass Index to diagnose obesity because it isn't nuanced enough. Doctors should consider a patient's overall health instead of their weight, it said. A ...

The global perception of obesity as a health crisis has long been tied to the body mass index (BMI), a metric that uses height and weight to estimate body fat. However, a recent report published ...