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

However, this classification system assumes that weight alone is a reliable indicator of health, disregarding important ...

The way the world defines obesity has been in need of an overhaul, according to some experts, and it could be coming soon ...

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

Females have a 31% higher associated risk of developing long COVID, with women aged 40 to 55 years having the highest propensity, according to a study led by The University of Texas Health Science ...

Over 75 medical organisations worldwide have endorsed the new definitions, reflecting a growing consensus for reform.

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

BMI, a widely used measure, has long been criticized for being too simplistic. It calculates obesity based only on height and ...

A new report published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology challenges the conventional reliance on Body Mass Index (BMI) ...

The researchers are advocating for a new approach that emphasises the impact of excess body fat on health, rather than relying solely on Body Mass Index (BMI).

BMI has long been considered a flawed measure that can over-diagnose or underdiagnose obesity, which is currently defined as a BMI of 30 or more. But people with excess body fat do not always have a ...

The way that doctors judge how overweight we are, a measure called body mass index or BMI, is unreliable and ... a professor of general practice at the University of Cambridge, who wasn’t ...