New research challenges everything we thought we knew about weight and longevity. Scientific evidence now shows that fitness levels trump BMI when predicting how long you'll live.

BMI has long been considered a flawed measure that can over-diagnose or underdiagnose obesity, which is currently defined as a BMI of 30 or more. But people with excess body fat do not always have ...

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

A global group of experts has suggested a new approach to diagnosing and treating obesity. Instead of relying only on body mass index (BMI), which has some limitations, the new framework ...

Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Tan Sri Razarudin Husain said police officers must maintain a body mass index (BMI) of 28, as a requirement to qualify for career promotions, Sinar Harian reported.

Routine body mass index (BMI) recording in electronic health records (EHR) can assist general practitioners (GPs) in managing obesity. Researchers conducted a retrospective study to evaluate BMI, ...

The commission recognized that the current measure of obesity, which is body-mass index (BMI), can both overestimate and underestimate ... It isn’t something you just “get over” with diet and exercise ...

The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology Commission, made up of more than 50 experts ... should be taken into account. BMI has been used as the standard method of diagnosing obesity for decades the world ...

A global commission of 56 medical experts is calling for redefining obesity, emphasizing more comprehensive methods than BMI, potentially transforming how over a billion people worldwide are diagnosed ...

Women, youth, farmers and poor can continue to be Budget ... Currently influencing approximately 53% of India’s GDP, directly and indirectly and employing over 8 crore individuals, this sector holds ...

Women are now diagnosed with cancer more often than men in certain age groups. Women are now being diagnosed with cancer more often than men in certain age groups, according to a new report from ...

Story continues below this ad “Moving beyond BMI-only approaches helps prevent under and over diagnosis of obesity-related health ... 2019–21), 6.4% of women and 4.0% of men aged 15–49 years are obese ...