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

He lost 40 pounds with intermittent fasting and weight training. How much would shedding 10 more pounds to achieve a Body ...

A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial body mass index and hoping to better identify people who need treatment for ...

Two newer adiposity measures incorporating waist circumference predicted periodontitis better than body mass index, reported ...

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

Findings indicate a 12.8% 10-year diabetes risk, driven by fasting plasma glucose, age, sex, and BMI, highlighting the need ...

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

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

One of the primary limitations of the BMI is its inability to distinguish between the fat mass and the lean muscle mass.

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

A new measurement tool is challenging the long-standing idea of using the Body Mass Index as a way to gauge body fat and ...