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

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

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

For years, medical experts have defined obesity primarily based on body mass index, which measures stored fat by calculating ...

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.

A suggested alternative is calculating body fat percentage through Archimedes' principle using underwater weighing, offering a more precise health indicator, despite being less practical than BMI.

The commission recognized that the current measure of obesity, which is body-mass index (BMI ... the University of New Mexico School of Medicine and holds a BA in journalism from UNM. She completed ...

This method incorporates additional measures of excess body fat alongside body mass index (BMI), as well as objective signs and symptoms of individual health issues. The new framework aims to ...

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 ...

Experts are proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial body mass index (BMI ... at the University of Michigan School of Public Health.