The way obesity is diagnosed needs to become more sophisticated, an international commission has concluded.Using body-mass ...

Over one billion people in the world are estimated to have obesity. Some experts believe its treatment and diagnosis need a ...

A global Commission, published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology and endorsed by more than 75 medical organizations ...

An international commission made the case for focusing on body fat quantity and the illnesses people experience.

A crude measure of weight relative to height, BMI is commonly used to diagnose obesity—even though many experts and ...

The two-tiered classification focuses on preclinical and clinical stages of disease, and should help inform treatment ...

Do people with obesity have an illness? A panel of global health experts looking at this controversial question announced Wednesday that the definition of obesity should be split into two categories - ...

BMI has long been falling out of favor. When the American Medical Association urged downgrading BMI in 2023, it blamed its “racist exclusion” and “historical harm.” The group also recommended ...

BMI has long been considered a flawed measure that can over-diagnose or underdiagnose obesity, which is currently defined as ...