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

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

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

New guidance from a team of health experts around the world proposes expanding the definition of obesity beyond the popular ...

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

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

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

An international group of experts proposes two new categories of disease: preclinical and clinical obesity and the FDA ...

A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial ...

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