Under recommendations released Tuesday night, obesity would no longer be defined solely by BMI, a calculation ... expert at the University of Michigan School of Public Health.
Instead of using the controversial body mass index, or BMI, to assess weight, an international group of scientists proposes ...
Obesity affects over 1 billion people globally, with 40 percent of U.S. adults classified as obese under the present ...
Get a load of this — you may be obese after all! About 40% of US adults — more than 100 million Americans — are considered ...
An international commission made the case for focusing on body fat quantity and the illnesses people experience.
Experts say clinical obesity is more than a high BMI and instead is a disease in which excess body fat harms tissues, organs or doing daily activities.
New guidance from a team of health experts around the world proposes expanding the definition of obesity beyond the popular ...