A commission proposed a new definition of obesity focused on how excess fat affects the body, rather than assessing body mass ...

A new Lancet report calls for redefining obesity labeling BMI alone as unreliable Learn about the proposed categories and a ...

The current definition of obesity, as set by the World Health Organization ... that healthcare workers assess whether people have obesity by calculating their body mass index (BMI), a measure ...

New guidance from a team of health experts around the world proposes expanding the definition of obesity beyond the popular ...

However, this classification system assumes that weight alone is a reliable indicator of health, disregarding important ...

The term “body mass index” itself was coined by physiologist Ancel Keys in 1972, and in 1995, the World Health Organization adopted BMI as a measure to define and classify obesity. Today ...

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

Instead of using the controversial body mass index, or BMI, to assess weight, an international group of scientists proposes ...

At the moment, clinicians use BMI or body mass index to diagnose obesity ... Association and the Chinese Diabetes Society, as well as the World Obesity Federation. World Health Organization experts ...

BMI was categorised according to the World Health Organization (WHO) classification, with 25 to 29kg/m² categorised as overweight and ≥30kg/m² categorized as obese. WHR and WC were classified ...