A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial ...

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

A new report noted that body mass index does not provide a nuanced enough assessment of health as it relates to weight ...

The use of weight-loss jabs may be associated with wider health benefits including lower risk of stroke and dementia, a study ...

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

More than 50 experts in fields such as nutrition, endocrinology and public health published their ... Cummings — an obesity expert at the University of Washington and another researcher on ...

The way the world defines obesity has been in need of an overhaul, according to some experts, and it could be coming soon ...

The use of weight-loss jabs may be associated with wider health benefits including ... The observational study, led by Washington University clinical epidemiologist Dr Ziyad Al-Aly, analysed ...

The panel suggests using body fat measures and the presence of pre-existing health concerns, but warns against using BMI alone as an ... education at Northwestern University's Feinberg School ...

They compared the chances of cancer in people who met the World Health Organisation (WHO ... Professor Michael Leitzmann, from the University of Regensburg in Germany, said: ‘We're excited ...