New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and also take into account health ...

Wen is an emergency physician and adjunct associate professor at George Washington University. She previously was Baltimore’s health commissioner. CNN: What is BMI? What are the advantages and ...

Obesity affects over 1 billion people globally, with 40 percent of U.S. adults classified as obese under the present ...

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

The researchers are advocating for a new approach that emphasises the impact of excess body fat on health, rather than relying solely on Body Mass Index (BMI).

An international team of doctors proposed a new way to define obesity that's not based solely on BMI. Here's what they ...

Over 75 medical organisations worldwide have endorsed the new definitions, reflecting a growing consensus for reform.

Under recommendations released Tuesday night, obesity would no longer be defined solely by BMI, a calculation ... an obesity expert at the University of Washington and one of the 58 authors ...

The observational study, led by Washington University clinical epidemiologist ... by Eli Lilly – for people with a body mass index (BMI) of more than 35 and at least one weight-related illness.

An international committee of scientists has proposed a new way to determine excess body fat instead of just relying on body mass index (BMI ... expert at the University of Washington and ...