Obesity needs a new definition, argues a global group of health experts. For over 75 years, obesity has been called a disease by the World Health Organization ... and health care systems to ...

A new Lancet report calls for redefining obesity labeling BMI alone as unreliable Learn about the proposed categories and a ...

The experts said they aimed to make diagnosis more precise, which could help better use healthcare ... as well as the World Obesity Federation. World Health Organization experts served on the ...

The current definition of obesity, as set by the World Health Organization ... that healthcare workers assess whether people have obesity by calculating their body mass index (BMI), a measure ...

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

As women age, using more than just BMI is crucial, as the WHR can change dramatically in older adult females even if BMI ...

While BMI is not a perfect measure, as it does not directly assess body fat, it remains one of the most common indicators used in healthcare ... The World Health Organization (WHO) defines these ...

For years, the method physicians have used to determine whether a person has obesity is to calculate their BMI — or body mass ...

The term “body mass index” itself was coined by physiologist Ancel Keys in 1972, and in 1995, the World Health Organization adopted BMI as a measure to define and classify obesity. Today ...