Childhood BMI trends — specifically moderate BMI and high BMI variability — were associated with high cortisol concentrations at 17 years of age.

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

Obesity experts have thrown aside their BMI charts as they reveal it is possible to be both ... Some 29 per cent of adults and one in ten children are obese by the time they start secondary school, ...

Body mass index (BMI) has been the international standard for measuring obesity since the 1980s, according to many sources, though some experts have questioned its validity. A person’s BMI is ...

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

The longstanding practice of using BMI as the primary indicator of obesity has come under scrutiny from medical experts worldwide. Calculated by dividing weight in kilograms by height in meters ...

A global group of experts has suggested a new approach to diagnosing and treating obesity. Instead of relying only on body mass index (BMI), which has some limitations, the new framework ...

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.

Major public health organizations, including the World Health Organization and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, define adult obesity as a BMI of 30 or greater and overweight as a ...

(CNN) — For years, medical experts have defined obesity primarily based on body mass index, which measures stored fat by calculating height and weight, to determine a person’s health risks.