Body mass index (BMI) is a measure of someone’s weight compared to their height whereas body fat percentage is a measure of ...

Most people know that body fat stored around the midsection can spell disaster for cardiovascular health. But Harvard ...

A group of 58 researchers is calling for a new, better way to measure obesity and excess body fat that goes beyond BMI.

Your weight tells only part of the story. Body composition reveals the real truth about health, fitness, and longevity beyond the scale.

This means that, for the same BMI, African Americans may have a lower body fat percentage than predicted by standard calculations. This discrepancy is particularly relevant for African American ...

Taking to Instagram over the weekend, the "Truth Hurts" singer not only revealed that she achieved her "weight release" goal — she also lost more than 10 BMI points and 16 percent body fat since ...

People with higher body mass indexes say they're relieved by experts' new guidance to downplay the use of BMI in diagnosing people with weight problems or obesity.

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

That means muscular people, including athletes, can have high BMI and could be considered on paper to have obesity when in reality they do not have too much body fat, also known as adiposity.

Body Mass index (BMI) can be a screening tool, but obesity must be confirmed by measuring body fat, said health experts on Saturday, even as India revamped its obesity guidelines after 15 years.

Instead of relying solely on BMI, the researchers recommend also measuring adiposity, which is the amount of excess body fat. Adiposity can be determined by measuring a person’s waist ...

KUSHNER: What's new is that we try to define obesity by excess body fat, which is what obesity actually is, that goes beyond just using BMI. AUBREY: The commission recommends adding measures such ...