One of the primary limitations of the BMI is its inability to distinguish between the fat mass and the lean muscle mass.
BMI has long been falling out of favor. When the American Medical Association urged downgrading BMI in 2023, it blamed its ...
New guidance from a team of health experts around the world proposes expanding the definition of obesity beyond the popular ...
By Gina Kolata Obesity should be assessed in a way that goes beyond the standard measure of body mass index, or B.M.I., according to a new definition of the condition released by an ...
Obesity is linked to many common diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease, fatty liver disease and knee ...
By coincidence (they started before GLP -1 drugs were approved for slimming), a group of 56 doctors have just answered that ...
A key vote: Despite initial skepticism, GOP Sen. Joni Ernst said after the hearing that she’d vote to confirm Hegseth. With a ...
For years, a debate has raged over how obesity is diagnosed. Currently, many countries define obesity as having a body mass ...