The Body Mass Index (or BMI) is a way of seeing if your ... squared but it's also easy to read on the chart. BMI can be divided into several categories and generally the higher your BMI, the ...

Obesity experts have thrown aside their BMI charts as they reveal it is possible to be both ... how obesity is diagnosed and treated to stop them being misdiagnosed. A body mass index (BMI) score is ...

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

Relying solely on BMI to diagnose obesity may be outdated, say global experts. A new report calls for a more comprehensive approach, introducing ‘clinical’ and ‘pre-clinical’ obesity categories based ...

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

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

You can calculate your BMI with a simple online BMI calculator. The BMI ranges are ... to decide your healthy weight range, such as body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, body composition ...

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

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

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