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

A recent study revealed that aerobic fitness is more important than BMI when it comes to longevity. Experts explain why ...

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

It's the start of another year and the body mass index (BMI) is being criticized again. This time a Lancet-commissioned group ...

Global experts advised in addition to BMI, measuring 'waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, or waist-to-height ratio' be ...

If you’re short on time, Stoner recommends the three-minute step test as another alternative that offers a score of aerobic ...

The increase in breast cancer rates among younger patients is occurring as the incidence of other early-onset cancers — ...

Police officers must have a body mass index (BMI) of less than 28 to be considered for promotion, says Inspector-General of ...

In a study of more than 5,000 mothers and their children, exposure to air pollution during the three months before pregnancy ...

A global Commission, published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology and endorsed by 75 medical organizations around the world, presents a novel, nuanced approach to diagnose obesity, based on other ...

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

BMI has long been considered a flawed measure that can over-diagnose or underdiagnose obesity, which is currently defined as ...