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

GPs are told to use additional metrics to diagnose overweight patients, rather than relying on body mass index alone ...

The BMI, a weight-to-height ratio, has been criticised as too simplistic as it cannot distinguish between fat and muscle mass ...

According to the study, for every 1% increase in fatty muscle fraction, there was a 2% increased risk of CMD and a 7% ...

Other warning signs that you might be approaching dangerous levels of belly fat can include elevated blood sugar, low ...

People are being “overdiagnosed” with obesity, leading medics have warned as they called for a “reframing” of the way the ...

In the world’s coldest town—where even boiling water can freeze in seconds—around 900 residents find normalcy in a life ...

An international committee of scientists has proposed changing the way obesity is defined and diagnosed. The proposal adds ...

Research shows that people with a certain body shape face a higher risk of serious health problems compared to their ...

New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and take into account health ...

Older generations tend to be larger thanks to a greater amount of Serval DNA, so it’s possible that the Savannah won’t continue to rank among the world’s heaviest cats forever. But it would be ...