Canadian youngsters are munching loads of ultra-processed foods, increasing their lifelong risk of obesity, a new stud ...

CEO Kenneth Bockhorst highlighted record performance in Q4 2024, with strong gains across sales, operating profit, EPS, and cash flow. The acquisition of SmartCover was announced, enhancing the ...

A woman who dropped from a size 30 to a size 12 in 18 months with a simple diet has said rejecting gastric sleeve surgery was ...

Researchers found an independent association between increased intermuscular fat, not BMI, and major CV events and coronary ...

The number does not capture a person's muscle mass; where on their body fat is stored; or how their race, ethnicity and ...

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

The body mass index (BMI), a weight-to-height ratio, has long been criticised as too simplistic, in part because it cannot distinguish between fat and muscle mass. Currently, anyone with a BMI of ...

The Lancet medical journal’s Diabetes & Endocrinology Commission last week proposed a new definition and method for diagnosing obesity, beyond simply looking at a person’s Body Mass Index (BMI), the ...

Isabella Aslam, 19, from London, has struggled with mental ... who was told on the phone by her doctor that she is overweight according to her BMI score. Pictures of Isabella, who was told on ...

A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial body mass index and hoping to better identify people who need treatment for ...

Queensland-based Sarah Cox recalls that in 2018, her doctor advised her to lose weight because her body mass index (BMI) was too high, despite her feeling healthy and experiencing no physical ...

Share on Pinterest A panel of global experts explains why BMI is not the most helpful measurement of body weight, and how else doctors can diagnose obesity. Image credit: VICTOR TORRES/Stocksy.