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

Over 75 medical organisations worldwide have endorsed the new definitions, reflecting a growing consensus for reform.

The observational study, led by Washington University clinical epidemiologist ... by Eli Lilly – for people with a body mass index (BMI) of more than 35 and at least one weight-related illness.

An international committee of scientists has proposed a new way to determine excess body fat instead of just relying on body mass index (BMI ... expert at the University of Washington and ...

Queensland-based Sarah Cox recalls that in 2018, her doctor advised her to lose weight because her body mass index (BMI) was too high, despite her feeling healthy and experiencing no physical ...

BMI, a widely used measure, has long been criticized for being too simplistic. It calculates obesity based only on height and ...

You know how good blueberries, raspberries and strawberries are for you. But it turns out the ancient elderberry is packed ...

Under recommendations released Tuesday night, obesity would no longer be defined solely by BMI, a calculation of height and ... an obesity expert at the University of Washington and one of the 58 ...

The commission recognized that the current measure of obesity, which is body-mass index (BMI), can both overestimate and underestimate ... obesity in those with excess body fat requires that a ...

These conclusions from a 2020 study, published in the journal Children, also found that prolonged antihistamine use in children was associated with a two-fold increase in body mass index (BMI ... UW ...

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