He lost 40 pounds with intermittent fasting and weight training. How much would shedding 10 more pounds to achieve a Body ...

The number does not capture a person's muscle mass; where on their body fat is stored; or how their race, ethnicity and ...

The way the world defines obesity has been in need of an overhaul, according to some experts, and it could be coming soon ...

A commission proposed a new definition of obesity focused on how excess fat affects the body, rather than assessing body mass ...

Leading health experts challenge traditional BMI measurements and introduce a comprehensive new approach to diagnosing obesity, potentially affecting millions.

A new report argues that body mass index or BMI is not the most accurate way to define ... a waist measurement of more than 34.6 inches likely has excess body fat, while men with a waist circumference ...

Body mass index (BMI) is a measure of someone’s weight compared to their height whereas body fat percentage is a measure of ...

The commission recognized that the current measure of obesity, which is body-mass index (BMI), can both overestimate and underestimate adiposity (how much of the body is fat). The global commission ...

Medical experts have urged a shift away from the Body Mass Index (BMI) as the main yardstick to determine obesity as it does not factor in body fat levels. The prevalent method is so flawed that it ...

A patient checks their body mass index (BMI) on a chart in the doctor's office in Denver, US, September 22, 2010. File Image/Reuters As obesity continues to affect over a billion people globally, ...

How we define obesity needs to become more nuanced, a report has argued, with body mass index (BMI) as a measure alone being too simplistic. The report, by The Lancet Commission on Obesity and ...

A group of global experts has proposed a new approach to defining and diagnosing obesity, reducing the reliance on the controversial body mass index (BMI) and aiming to better identify individuals ...