Dr. Brett Osborn, a neurosurgeon, longevity expert and fitness competitor based in Florida, agrees that BMI is an "outdated measure" for diagnosing obesity. "It is clear that obesity should no ...

While the new recommendations still uses BMI as a "first pass" screening tool, it drills down into whether a person has pre-clinical obesity or clinic obesity with other means of measure ...

Traditional methods centered around Body Mass Index (BMI) are being challenged by new research suggesting this one-dimensional approach may be inadequate for accurately assessing individual health ...

The previous version of this story was published in 2022, when Business Insider spoke to Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford. It has been updated to reflect the findings of a new report. Chances are, a ...

An international and widely supported group of experts is pushing doctors to avoid the exclusive use of BMI to decide whether someone has obesity, alongside other major changes.

Doctors now prescribe Novo Nordisk's weight-loss drug Wegovy for people who have a BMI of 30 or more. Patients who have a BMI of at least 27 can also qualify if they have another weight-related ...