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

As obesity experts say more than 15 million Birtons are being wrongly labelled overweight and propose a radical overhaul of ...

Researchers concluded that aerobic fitness was more important than body mass index (BMI) when looking at long-term health, ...

The average American woman weighs about 170 pounds and stands about 5 feet, 4 inches tall. But it’s important to remember ...

Women with a waist size over 35 inches and men with a waist larger than 40 inches are at higher risk of developing metabolic diseases, she said. What if your doctor only looks at BMI? Some doctors ...

Criticisms about the BMI maintain that it was developed on data only from men, most of them White, and doesn’t account for racial, ethnic, age, sex and gender diversity. Even Olympic athletes can be ...

Gestational diabetes led to an increased risk for asthma exacerbations during pregnancy among a cohort of women with ...

Surgeons are collaborating with obesity medicine physicians, turning to GLP-1s to help high BMI patients qualify for surgery.

A global commission of 56 medical experts is calling for redefining obesity, emphasizing more comprehensive methods than BMI, ...