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

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

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

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

How we define obesity needs to become more nuanced, a report has argued, with BMI (body mass index) as a measure alone being ...

The term overweight is no more a part of the India-specific obesity guidelines that were revised after nearly 15 years and ...

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

Indian doctors have revised obesity guidelines for the first time in 15 years, moving beyond the traditional BMI tool to ...

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 ...

Major medical groups are proposing a change to how doctors diagnose obesity, moving away from the body mass index or BMI. The new definition intends to move away from weight stigma and instead focus ...

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

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