World medical experts say there is a better way to look at body weight than BMI. I'm a psychologist who dated many toxic ...

Body-weight cycling (also known as yo-yo dieting) has been shown to significantly increase the risk of kidney disease in people with type 1 diabetes, regardless of body mass index (BMI) and other ...

Obesity, a new report recommends, should be diagnosed by an individual’s body fat percentage, not weight, which was the norm ...

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

New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and also take into account health ...

Humans with relatively more fat hidden in and around their muscles face a higher risk of death or hospitalization from heart ...

Body-weight cycling (also known as yo-yo dieting) has been shown to significantly increase the risk of kidney disease in ...

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

Pharmacy regulator warns some people with history of eating disorders wrongly obtaining medicines such as Wegovy or Mounjaro ...

Is obesity a disease? How could it be better defined? A commission of 56 global experts from 'The Lancet' magazine has set ...

Body composition refers to the percentages body fat, bone, and lean tissue mass (basically, the muscle, organs, water, and ...

El Paso, TX (KVIA-TV)-A new definition of obesity, published in the Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology Journal, proposes a new definition that moves beyond body mass index (BMI). Dr. Jorge Acosta, the ...