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

BMI serves as a screening tool to indicate potential health risks but is not designed to diagnose an individual’s overall health and has been criticized for not being accurate in the past.

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

A new report noted that body mass index does not provide a nuanced enough assessment of health as it relates to weight ...

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

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

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

The majority of adults in the UK are overweight or obese according to national health surveys, yet research suggests we are a country in denial about our weight. Use this calculator to find out ...

These days, the best bathroom scales are also pretty smart. Sure, you can still find old-school mechanical scales, but why settle for just weight when you can get so much more out of your gadgets?

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 ...