He lost 40 pounds with intermittent fasting and weight training. How much would shedding 10 more pounds to achieve a Body ...

The number does not capture a person's muscle mass; where on their body fat is stored; or how their race, ethnicity and ...

A group of 58 researchers is calling for a new, better way to measure obesity and excess body fat that goes beyond BMI.

You can calculate your BMI with a simple online ... metrics to decide your healthy weight range, such as body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, body composition, and waist-to-hip ratio.

Experts are proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial body mass index ...

Amid renewed criticism of the body mass index (BMI) as a diagnostic criterion for obesity, a 2,000-year-old technique used by ...

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

The Body Mass Index (BMI) has long been a standard tool for assessing weight-related health risks. However, growing evidence suggests that this one-size-fits-all metric does not serve all ...

Body mass index (BMI) is a measure of someone’s weight compared to their height whereas body fat percentage is a measure of ...

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

It’s time to rethink what ‘obesity’ means as an international group of experts says the body mass index has limited value ...

Instead of using the controversial body mass index, or BMI, to assess weight, an international group of scientists proposes ...