A new report says only using BMI to determine if a patient has obesity leads to under-diagnosing people who are ill and ...

Indian doctors have revised obesity guidelines for the first time in 15 years, moving beyond the traditional BMI tool to ...

Traditionally BMI was used to define obesity, but a team of doctors redefined obesity based on the Indian population.

India has experienced a doubling of obesity prevalence over the past two decades, with abdominal obesity becoming ...

Instead of using the controversial body mass index, or BMI, to assess weight, an international group of scientists proposes ...

"Say: 'Okay doctor, I hear that. And I do see that BMI does exceed these guidelines, but how does this relate to my current health status?', which will probably challenge them because they've only ...

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

Doctors worldwide should diagnose obesity differently, relying on broader criteria and taking into account when the condition ...

The term overweight is no more a part of the India-specific obesity guidelines that were revised after nearly 15 years and ...

A global group of experts has suggested a new approach to diagnosing and treating obesity that does not rely solely on the much-contested body mass index (BMI).

A day after international experts proposed a new approach to define obesity by looking beyond body mass index (BMI), Indian ...

Indian doctors have redefined obesity with new guidelines that consider the unique health challenges faced by the population.