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

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

How ‘miracle’ weight-loss drugs will change the world For people of European descent, obesity is typically defined by a BMI of 30 or higher, which correlates with a high level of body fat.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for urgent action to combat India’s growing obesity epidemic, emphasising the need to ...

“The implications are: BMI is currently the widely used measure of obesity; however ... monitoring or proactive interventions based on risk levels. This evidence-based framework, developed ...

The medical community is witnessing a significant shift in how obesity is diagnosed ... the waist may have concerning levels of body fat, regardless of their BMI classification.

The focus on how BMI should be used may have overshadowed an equally, if not more important, matter proposed in a new report.

Wen: I think it’s good to be more precise about defining obesity. On a population level, it may be more convenient to measure BMI for the purpose of research studies, but on an individual ...