A new report suggests that a diagnosis of obesity should depend on patients' individual health — not their Body Mass Index.
A document endorsed by more than 56 experts worldwide, published in 'The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology', proposes a change ...
BMI falls short as a way to measure obesity. Doctors need to also determine whether body fat harms a person's health.
Calculate your BMI now with this calculator that we have created for you. BMI or Body Mass Index is an indicator of total body fat and is an important determiner of overall health of an individual.
An international committee of scientists has proposed changing the way obesity is defined and diagnosed. The proposal adds ...
But the report, published in the journal The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology on Tuesday, suggested that having obesity according to the BMI scale doesn ... and Belgian men, a very narrow ...