Lizzo not only revealed that she achieved her 'weight release' goal — she also lost many BMI points and body fat percentage ...

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

The number does not capture a person's muscle mass; where on their body fat is stored; or how their race, ethnicity and ...

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

An international team of doctors proposed a new way to define obesity that's not based solely on BMI. Here's what they ...

Body mass index (BMI) is a measure of someone’s weight compared to their height whereas body fat percentage is a measure of ...

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

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

But this measure, called body mass index, or BMI, lacks nuance and fails to tell whether a person is truly healthy, a global ...

Body Mass Index, or BMI, has long been criticized as an unreliable method for measuring obesity — and now a group of experts ...

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

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