The new definition proposed by the Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology Commission, a group of 58 leading experts from various ...

Academics have suggested that a body mass index (BMI) score is not “nuanced” enough to measure obesity and more assessments ...

Obesity is currently defined using a person's body mass index, or BMI. This is calculated as weight (in kilograms) divided by ...

The term overweight is no more a part of the India-specific obesity guidelines that were revised after nearly 15 years and ...

A day after international experts proposed a new approach to define obesity by looking beyond body mass index (BMI), Indian ...

An international committee of scientists has proposed changing the way obesity is defined and diagnosed. The proposal adds ...

A new global report claims using BMI as a sole measure of obesity can lead to both overestimates and underestimates of the ...

Researchers have redefined obesity, emphasizing the impact of excess adiposity on organ and tissue function rather than ...

Obesity is typically assessed by measuring someone's body mass index, but now researchers are calling for a more nuanced ...

As obesity experts say more than 15 million Birtons are being wrongly labelled overweight and propose a radical overhaul of ...

The Obesity Society (TOS) applauds the work of The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology Commission on Diagnostic Criteria of Clinical Obesity to refine the definition of obesity and establish a framework ...