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

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

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

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

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

Obesity is now understood as a condition that affects the functions of organs and tissues, leading to complications such as ...

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

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

More than 1 billion people worldwide live with obesity, and the condition is linked to about 5 million deaths every year from ...

Doctors in India have redefined obesity with new guidelines changed after 15 years, with more focus on abdominal obesity, ...

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

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