A group of 58 researchers is calling for a new, better way to measure obesity and excess body fat that goes beyond BMI.

People with pockets of fat hidden inside their muscles are at a higher risk of dying or being hospitalized from a heart attack or heart failure, regardless of their body mass index, according to new ...

By coincidence (they started before GLP -1 drugs were approved for slimming), a group of 56 doctors have just answered that ...

BMI has long been falling out of favor. When the American Medical Association urged downgrading BMI in 2023, it blamed its ...

Our reframing acknowledges the nuanced reality of obesity and allows for personalized care,” said Dr. Francesco Rubino of ...

A panel of health experts looking at obesity announced that the definition of the condition should be split into two ...

New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and also take into account health ...

An international commission made the case for focusing on body fat quantity and the illnesses people experience.

Weight-loss medicines such as Ozempic might raise a person’s likelihood of developing conditions including arthritis.

The Lancet, a global medical journal that works with academics to identify issues in public health, hosted a Commission on ...

A global group of experts has suggested a new approach to diagnosing and treating obesity that does not rely solely on the ...