As BMI is increasingly recognized as an imperfect way to measure health, UVA researchers share other metrics they rely upon.

In 2021, over 15 million children and young adolescents and 172 million adults were overweight or obese. This represents a ...

Under recommendations released earlier this week, obesity would no longer be defined solely by BMI ... nutrition expert at the University of Michigan School of Public Health.

Balantekin, PhD, RD, an assistant professor in the Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences at the University at Buffalo, told Health. The current way of defining obesity is by BMI ...

For years, medical experts have defined obesity primarily based on body mass index, which measures stored fat by calculating ...

Obesity affects over 1 billion people globally, with 40 percent of U.S. adults classified as obese under the present framework, ...

Obesity Won't Be Solely Defined by BMI Under New Plan for Diagnosis by Global ... a nutrition expert at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. “The public likes and needs simple messages.

Wen is an emergency physician and adjunct associate professor at George Washington University. She previously was Baltimore’s health commissioner. CNN: What is BMI? What are the advantages and ...

A new report proposes redefining obesity, moving beyond BMI to include waist ... a nutrition expert at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. “The public likes and needs simple ...

Doctors have primarily relied on body mass index, or BMI ... a science and health journalist based in Washington, DC. She holds a bachelor’s degree in neuroscience from the University of ...