Body mass index, or BMI, has long been criticized as a flawed method for measuring obesity — and now a group of experts is sharing new recommendations. BMI is a formula that uses a person's ...

Body Mass Index (BMI) has limitations as it doesn't distinguish between muscle and fat, leading to misclassification of obesity. A suggested alternative is calculating body fat percentage through ...

An international committee of scientists has proposed a change to the way obesity is defined and diagnosed. The goal is to offer a more nuanced and objective way to assess body composition, by ...