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

A new report proposes redefining obesity, moving beyond BMI to include waist ... a nutrition expert at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. “The public likes and needs simple ...

New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and also take into account health problems from extra weight and other measurements ...

Wen is an emergency physician and adjunct associate professor at George Washington University. She previously was Baltimore’s health commissioner. CNN: What is BMI? What are the advantages and ...

BMI is a person’s ... meaning their health problems can go unnoticed,” added Eckel, a professor of physiology and biophysics at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.

Doctors have primarily relied on body mass index, or BMI ... a science and health journalist based in Washington, DC. She holds a bachelor’s degree in neuroscience from the University of ...

Under recommendations released Tuesday night, obesity would no longer be defined solely by BMI, a calculation ... expert at the University of Michigan School of Public Health.

Under recommendations released earlier this week, obesity would no longer be defined solely by BMI ... nutrition expert at the University of Michigan School of Public Health.

Experts are proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial body mass index (BMI ... at the University of Michigan School of Public Health.

Under recommendations released Tuesday night, obesity would no longer be defined solely by BMI, a calculation ... expert at the University of Michigan School of Public Health.

because certain groups might face health risks at lower BMI thresholds than others, says study co-author Louise Baur, a paediatrician at the University of Sydney, Australia. Although people with ...