The number does not capture a person's muscle mass; where on their body fat is stored; or how their race, ethnicity and ...

A commission proposed a new definition of obesity focused on how excess fat affects the body, rather than assessing body mass ...

Lizzo not only revealed that she achieved her 'weight release' goal — she also lost many BMI points and body fat percentage ...

A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial body mass index and hoping to better identify people who need treatment for ...

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

An international team of doctors proposed a new way to define obesity that's not based solely on BMI. Here's what they ...

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

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

A global group of experts has suggested a new approach to diagnosing and treating obesity that does not rely solely on the ...

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

That means muscular people, including athletes, can have high BMI and could be considered on paper to have obesity when in reality they do not have too much body fat, also known as adiposity.

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