By the fall of 2021, my weight had climbed to 319 pounds and landed me in the morbidly obese category on the BMI chart. I received a type 2 diabetes diagnosis at the time as well. My care team ...

A BMI of 18 to 25 is considered normal, while a number more than 25 is overweight, more than 30 is obese, and more than 40 is morbidly obese. (For example, a person measuring 1.75 metres and ...

Obesity has a brand new definition now. This new description of the lifestyle disease—which goes beyond the currently accepted BMI (body-mass index) norms— has been proposed in a new report ...

Obesity should no longer be diagnosed solely based on body mass index (BMI); advanced body fat measures provide a clearer picture Pre-clinical obesity identifies risk factors early, while clinical ...

A group of 58 researchers is calling for a new, better way to measure obesity. The global team’s recommendations were published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology on Jan. 14. Body mass index ...

A global group of experts has suggested a new approach to diagnosing and treating obesity. Instead of relying only on body mass index (BMI), which has some limitations, the new framework ...

Adrenomedullin (ADM) inhibits endothelial insulin signaling, contributing to obesity-associated insulin resistance, according ...

A new report argues that body mass index or BMI is not the most accurate way to define obesity. BMI is only a measure of a person’s weight and height and does not account for muscle mass.

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 ...