New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and also take into account health ...

The way the world defines obesity has been in need of an overhaul, according to some experts, and it could be coming soon ...

A commission proposed a new definition of obesity focused on how excess fat affects the body, rather than assessing body mass ...

Under recommendations released Tuesday night, obesity would no longer be defined solely by BMI, a calculation of height ... a nutrition expert at the University of Michigan School of Public Health.

A new report noted that body mass index does not provide a nuanced enough assessment of health as it relates to weight ...

More than 50 experts in fields such as nutrition, endocrinology and public health published their ... Cummings — an obesity expert at the University of Washington and another researcher on ...

Under the new recommendations, obesity would no longer be defined solely by BMI, a calculation ... a nutrition expert at the University of Michigan School of Public Health.

The commission recognized that the current measure of obesity, which is body-mass index (BMI ... the University of New Mexico School of Medicine and holds a BA in journalism from UNM. She completed ...

Medical experts have urged a shift away from the Body Mass Index (BMI) as the main yardstick to determine obesity ... on assumed parameters in absentia but examination of patient’s health in person is ...

Indian doctors have revised obesity guidelines for the first time in 15 years, moving beyond the traditional BMI tool to include metrics like Waist Circumference and Waist-to-Height Ratio. Listen to ...

A new report from global experts calls for redefining obesity beyond the traditional body mass index (BMI) measurement. The experts propose dividing obesity into two categories: "clinical obesity" for ...