However, this classification system assumes that weight alone is a reliable indicator of health, disregarding important ...

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

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 ...

The US will most likely remain a WHO member state but impose conditions, such increased contributions from other member ...

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

Major public health organizations, including the World Health Organization ... and obtain an individual’s BMI. Despite BMI’s ubiquity of use by health care professionals, it’s far from ...