Obesity experts have thrown aside their BMI charts as they reveal it is possible to be both fat and fit. Huge numbers of the ...

Obesity experts have thrown aside their BMI charts as they reveal it is possible to be both fat and fit. Huge numbers of the 17.6million Brits who have been told that they are overweight are in fact ...

People are being “overdiagnosed” with obesity and there should be less reliance on body mass index (BMI) in assessments, a ...

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If you’re short on time, Stoner recommends the three-minute step test as another alternative that offers a score of aerobic ...

Instead of using the controversial body mass index, or BMI, to assess weight, an international group of scientists proposes ...

Obesity affects over 1 billion people globally, with 40 percent of U.S. adults classified as obese under the present ...

Body mass index (BMI) has been the international standard for measuring obesity since the 1980s, according to many sources, though some experts have questioned its validity. A person’s BMI is ...

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.

What is BMI, and what have been criticisms of its usage? How is the new definition different? In what ways could it change clinical care? Will these changes be forthcoming? And while revisions are ...