BMI falls short as a way to measure obesity. Doctors need to also determine whether body fat harms a person's health.
Huge numbers of the 17.6million Brits who have been told that they are overweight are in fact perfectly healthy, the ...
Body Mass Index, or BMI, has long been criticized as an unreliable method for measuring obesity — and now a group of experts ...
A group of 58 researchers is calling for a new, better way to measure obesity and excess body fat that goes beyond BMI.
BMI is an outdated measure of health, say experts – there’s a raft of new checks that could give a clue to your current ...
A new Lancet Commission - made up of more than 50 experts from around the world - says a 'radical overhaul' is needed in how ...
BMI is a formula that uses a person's height and weight ratio to assess whether they're underweight, normal weight, overweight or obese, although it is not a direct measure of body fat.
Relying solely on BMI to diagnose obesity may be outdated, say global experts. A new report calls for a more comprehensive ...
Instead of using the controversial body mass index, or BMI, to assess weight, an international group of scientists proposes ...
New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and take into account health ...