An international commission made the case for focusing on body fat quantity and the illnesses people experience.

Elevated blood pressure is the most important risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Numerous clinical practice guidelines for blood pressure coexist, emanating from European,1,2 North American,3 ...

Orthostatic hypertension is an underappreciated but ... form of blood pressure dysregulation There is no generally accepted definition of orthostatic hypertension; an increase in systolic blood ...

Researchers have redefined obesity, emphasizing the impact of excess adiposity on organ and tissue function rather than ...

Under recommendations released Tuesday night, obesity would no longer be defined solely by BMI, a calculation of height and ...

Systolic blood pressure decreases by at least 20 mmHg upon standing Diastolic blood pressure decreases by at least 10 mmHg upon standing Orthostatic hypertension—in contrast to orthostatic ...

BMI is an outdated measure of health, say experts – there’s a raft of new checks that could give a clue to your current ...

BMI falls short as a way to measure obesity. Doctors need to also determine whether body fat harms a person's health.

New report by The Lancet released Wednesday has suggested adopting measures apart from body mass index (BMI) to determine ...

Experts say clinical obesity is more than a high BMI and instead is a disease in which excess body fat harms tissues, organs or doing daily activities.