Understanding your health metrics is a vital step toward maintaining a balanced lifestyle One of the simplest yet effective ways to assess your overall health is by calculating your Body Mass Index BM ...
An international committee of scientists has proposed changing the way obesity is defined and diagnosed. The proposal adds ...
More than 1 billion people worldwide live with obesity, and the condition is linked to about 5 million deaths every year from ...
An international and widely supported group of experts is pushing doctors to avoid the exclusive use of BMI to decide whether ...
Indian doctors have revised obesity guidelines for the first time in 15 years, moving beyond the traditional BMI tool to ...
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 ...