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 ...

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

The body-positive movement has encouraged people, especially women, to see beauty in all shapes and sizes, and it's reminded ...

Obesity, a new report recommends, should be diagnosed by an individual’s body fat percentage, not weight, which was the norm ...

Spices alone cannot directly lead to weight loss, but some have properties that may help support your weight management plan.

The number does not capture a person's muscle mass; where on their body fat is stored; or how their race, ethnicity and ...

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 ...

The way clinicians diagnose obesity is set to change with new guidelines acknowledging that not all obese have the same health challenges.

A new report from the Lancet Global Commission calls for a shift in how obesity is diagnosed, moving beyond the traditional Body Mass Index (BMI). For years, Body Mass Index (BMI) has been the ...

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 ...

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 ...

An international and widely supported group of experts is pushing doctors to avoid the exclusive use of BMI to decide whether someone has obesity, alongside other major changes.