It's the start of another year and the body mass index (BMI) is being criticized again. This time a Lancet-commissioned group ...

Global experts advised in addition to BMI, measuring 'waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, or waist-to-height ratio' be ...

The Global Commission on Clinical Obesity has put forward 18 criteria for diagnosing clinical obesity, moving away from the ...

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

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

The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology Commission, made up of more than 50 experts, has called for a ‘radical overhaul’ in how ...

Inspector-General of Police Razarudin Husain says any officers whose BMI reading is above 28 could lose out on promotion.

A new report says only using BMI to determine if a patient has obesity leads to under-diagnosing people who are ill and ...

In a study of more than 5,000 mothers and their children, exposure to air pollution during the three months before pregnancy ...

Obesity affects over 1 billion people globally, with 40 percent of U.S. adults classified as obese under the present ...

Police officers must have a body mass index (BMI) of less than 28 to be considered for promotion, says Inspector-General of ...