Doctors worldwide should diagnose obesity differently, relying on broader criteria and taking into account when the condition ...

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.

A new Lancet report calls for redefining obesity labeling BMI alone as unreliable Learn about the proposed categories and a ...

Obesity is typically assessed by measuring someone's body mass index, but now researchers are calling for a more nuanced ...

The US will most likely remain a WHO member state but impose conditions, such increased contributions from other member ...

New guidance from a team of health experts around the world proposes expanding the definition of obesity beyond the popular ...

Adults with a BMI of at least 30 are considered obese. BMI has been used widely since the 1990s after the World Health ...

For years, the method physicians have used to determine whether a person has obesity is to calculate their BMI — or body mass ...

As of March 2020, nearly 42% of US adults had obesity, with the report estimating that more than a billion people are living ...

A Lancet Global Commission report has recommended a new, nuanced approach that looks at measures of body fat such as waist ...

Inspector-General of Police Razarudin Husain says any officers whose BMI reading is above 28 could lose out on promotion.

A recent report published in The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology recommended a new and nuanced approach to detect obesity.