An apple-shaped body, characterized by excess fat around the abdomen, increases the risk of serious health conditions such as heart disease, type 2 di ...
Instead of using the controversial body mass index, or BMI, to assess weight, an international group of scientists proposes ...
Research shows that people with a certain body shape face a higher risk of serious health problems compared to their ...
BMI over 30 is considered obese. But those having excess fat may not have a BMI 30, which shows under-diagnosis of people and ...
Where you store fat, as opposed to how much you have, may be a bigger risk factor for colon cancer, a study published in JAMA ...
It's the start of another year and the body mass index (BMI) is being criticized again. This time a Lancet-commissioned group ...
A global commission of 56 medical experts is calling for redefining obesity, emphasizing more comprehensive methods than BMI, ...
BMI falls short as a way to measure obesity. Doctors need to also determine whether body fat harms a person's health.
BMI has long been considered a flawed measure that can over-diagnose or underdiagnose obesity, which is currently defined as ...
An international and widely supported group of experts is pushing doctors to avoid the exclusive use of BMI to decide whether ...
In 1993, using data from white people in Great Britain, ages 16 to 64, the World Health Organization (WHO) designated BMI ...