Under recommendations released Tuesday night, obesity would no longer be defined solely by BMI, a calculation of height and ...

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

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

Habits like getting adequate exercise, nutrition, and sleep can have profoundly positive effects on overall health whether ...

Experts suggest redefining obesity diagnosis with BMI, waist size, and health factors to improve treatment accuracy.

New guidance from a team of health experts around the world proposes expanding the definition of obesity beyond the popular body mass index (BMI) measure.

Using body-mass index to tell who is overweight or obese is not reliable and can result in misdiagnosis, the Commission on ...

A group of experts says Body Mass Index, or BMI, used by doctors to measure obesity, is not a good method. CBS News medical ...

A group of experts from around the world are proposing an alternative way of defining clinical obesity, eschewing the ...

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

Medical experts proposed a radical overhaul of how obesity is diagnosed, moving away from relying on body mass alone and ...