Obesity has been an ongoing struggle for many consumers, and for years, body mass index (BMI) has been the key metric health ...

A commission proposed a new definition of obesity focused on how excess fat affects the body, rather than assessing body mass index, that could change clinical care.

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 ...

Waist circumference, or a waist to hip ratio: "So if your waist is over 35 ... et cetera because of your obesity? That would be clinical obesity." The updated recommendations were endorsed by ...

which is what obesity actually is,” Kushner says. The commission recommends that excess body fat should be confirmed by measuring a person’s waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio ...

The report’s authors note that attaining this information can be done in multiple ways, including measuring a person's waist, waist-to-hip ratio or waist-to-height ratio. There are also scans ...

One of the inadequacies of using body mass index (BMI) as a predictive factor is that “current BMI-based measures of obesity can both underestimate and overestimate” a persons ...

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

Instead of BMI, the commission recommends that obesity be diagnosed through one of these methods: Using another measurement of body size (waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio or waist-to-height ...

CDC The report further outlines the diagnostic criteria for obesity, combining elevated BMI with at least one abnormal body fat measurement, such as waist circumference, waist-to- hip ratio ...

the commission recommends that obesity be diagnosed through one of these methods: Using another measurement of body size (waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio or waist-to-height ratio ...

the commission recommends the confirmation of obesity around the body using one of the following methods: At least one measurement of body size including waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio or ...