Central obesity measures of waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio appear to be more accurate and consistent indicators of colorectal cancer incidence compared with BMI, according to a study ...

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

The way the world defines obesity has been in need of an overhaul, according to some experts, and it could be coming soon ...

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

a marker of health”, said Dr Adam Collins, an associate professor of nutrition at the University of Surrey who was not involved in the work. BMI is more useful on a population level rather ...

Under recommendations released Tuesday night, obesity would no longer be defined solely by BMI, a calculation of height ... a nutrition expert at the University of Michigan School of Public Health.

The use of weight-loss jabs may be associated with wider health benefits including ... The observational study, led by Washington University clinical epidemiologist Dr Ziyad Al-Aly, analysed ...

Meanwhile, BMI is calculated by using only two sets of data points: a patient’s height and weight, according to the National Institutes of Health. However, the new report notes that BMI can lead ...

Under the new recommendations, obesity would no longer be defined solely by BMI, a calculation ... a nutrition expert at the University of Michigan School of Public Health.

because certain groups might face health risks at lower BMI thresholds than others, says study co-author Louise Baur, a paediatrician at the University of Sydney, Australia. Although people with ...

Medical experts have urged a shift away from the Body Mass Index (BMI) as the main yardstick to determine obesity ... on assumed parameters in absentia but examination of patient’s health in person is ...

Indian doctors have revised obesity guidelines for the first time in 15 years, moving beyond the traditional BMI tool to include metrics like Waist Circumference and Waist-to-Height Ratio. Listen to ...