More than 1 billion people worldwide live with obesity, and the condition is linked to about 5 million deaths every year from ...

Where you store fat, as opposed to how much you have, may be a bigger risk factor for colon cancer, a study published in JAMA ...

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

The whole goal of this is to get a more precise definition so that we are targeting the people who actually need the help ...

The new definition proposed by the Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology Commission, a group of 58 leading experts from various ...

Can you carry extra pounds yet still be considered fit and healthy? It’s a question that has been posed by doctors for years.

The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology Commission, made up of more than 50 experts, has called for a ‘radical overhaul’ in how ...

A recent study revealed that aerobic fitness is more important than BMI when it comes to longevity. Experts explain why ...

A new report says only using BMI to determine if a patient has obesity leads to under-diagnosing people who are ill and ...

It's the start of another year and the body mass index (BMI) is being criticized again. This time a Lancet-commissioned group ...

Inspector-General of Police Razarudin Husain says any officers whose BMI reading is above 28 could lose out on promotion.

Global experts advised in addition to BMI, measuring 'waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, or waist-to-height ratio' be ...