Recently, an international commission proposed a revised definition of obesity that focuses on how excess body fat affects the body, and factors in waist circumference, rather than simply calculating ...

A BMI of 40 kg/m 2 or higher is considered morbidly obese. Morbid obesity can increase the risk of serious health problems like diabetes and heart disease. Causes of obesity include an imbalance in ...

Weight is a heavy topic (see what I did there?). It should go without saying that this point that you're so much more than a number on a scale, and that many factors affect your overall health, ...

Overcoming an all-or-nothing mindset promotes long-term weight loss. You can measure your BMI with a scale, but it's not accurate as an indicator of health. We break down the history behind BMI and ...

Body mass index, the most common measure of obesity, may be woefully inadequate. May 2, 2010— -- The scale of the obesity epidemic may be much worse than currently believed since the usual ...

BMI has long been controversial among healthcare professionals—yet the obsession with how to calculate BMI persists. For these reasons as well as the influence of environmental, hormonal, and mental ...

This article was reviewed by Craig Primack, MD, FACP, FAAP, FOMA. We’ll start at the very beginning: Body mass index (BMI) is a measure of someone’s weight compared to their height whereas body fat ...

Is BMI Accurate? What Is It and Is It Useful? When you go in for a wellness exam, oftentimes the first things the medical assistant does is take your height and weight. With this data, the computer ...

A 40-year-old woman was recently told by her doctor that she is "overweight," but she believes there's more than one issue with this statement. In a viral Instagram video that has garnered 1.7 million ...

The data linking soda taxes to beneficial health outcomes is far murkier than media reports suggest. Taxes alter consumer behavior. The more something is taxed, the less of it we get. Knowing this, ...

(CNN) — For years, medical experts have defined obesity primarily based on body mass index, which measures stored fat by calculating height and weight, to determine a person’s health risks. Major ...