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

A new report notes that the amount of belly fat a patient has is a more useful metric for determining obesity 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 ...

Body Mass Index, or BMI, has long been criticized as an unreliable method for measuring obesity — and now a group of experts ...

Obesity affects over 1 billion people globally, with 40 percent of U.S. adults classified as obese under the present ...

BMI falls short as a way to measure obesity. Doctors need to also determine whether body fat harms a person's health.

A new report says only using BMI to determine if a patient has obesity leads to under-diagnosing people who are ill and ...

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 ...

Instead of using the controversial body mass index, or BMI, to assess weight, an international group of scientists proposes ...

Indian doctors have revised obesity guidelines for the first time in 15 years, moving beyond the traditional BMI tool to ...

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 ...