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

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

Watch out! Muscle fat may increase the risk of heart disease and death, regardless of your body mass index (BMI).

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 ...

The Chart House Waikiki has always been a beloved landmark in Hawaii and continues its tradition as they just finished ...

If you’re short on time, Stoner recommends the three-minute step test as another alternative that offers a score of aerobic ...

But this measure, called body mass index, or BMI, lacks nuance and fails to tell whether ... just shy of the 30 BMI cutoff for being considered "obese," accoding to the CDC's BMI calculator. Women's ...

The way obesity is diagnosed needs to become more sophisticated, an international commission has concluded. Using body-mass ...

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 ...

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