BMI is a 53-year-old metric that 58 expert researchers suggest officially needs an update—here's what they say is the more ...

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

A global group of experts has suggested a new approach to diagnosing and treating obesity that does not rely solely on the much-contested body mass index (BMI).

Body Mass Index (BMI) has limitations as it doesn't distinguish between muscle and fat, leading to misclassification of ...

The longtime reliance on BMI means that obesity is likely overdiagnosed, members of the Commission said. View on euronews ...

More than 1 billion people worldwide live with obesity, and the condition is linked to about 5 million deaths every year from ...