Body Mass Index, or BMI, has long been criticized as an unreliable method for measuring obesity — and now a group of experts ...

From the moment we are born, and at every doctor's appointment, we step on the scale to see how much we weigh. Yet, weight isn't always a determining factor in our health. Which is where the BMI ...

New research exposes critical flaws in BMI measurements, as medical experts advocate for more accurate and inclusive methods ...

But the report, published in the journal The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology on Tuesday, suggested that having obesity according to the BMI scale doesn ... health risk. Women with a waist size ...

The Global Commission on Clinical Obesity has put forward 18 criteria for diagnosing clinical obesity, moving away from the ...

Use this calculator to find out your own body mass index (BMI) and see how you compare with the rest of the nation. You will also get tips from health experts and useful links to information on ...

We tested the best bathroom scales and listed the ones we liked the most below. These can track anything from BMI and bone mineral mass prediction to metabolic age and then some. Most budget ...

An international committee of scientists has proposed changing the way obesity is defined and diagnosed. The proposal adds ...

A new report suggests that a diagnosis of obesity should depend on patients' individual health — not their Body Mass Index.