(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.

Health is not a one way street, what may look healthy to certain people, may be opposite for others. While BMI has been used ...

BMI – a measurement of the ratio between a person’s height and weight – has long been used as a benchmark for health by categorizing people as underweight (a BMI of 18.5 or less), normal ...

A commission proposed a new definition of obesity focused on how excess fat affects the body, rather than assessing body mass index, that could change clinical care.

(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.

By Faye Chiu, CNN (CNN) — For years, medical experts have defined obesity primarily based on body mass index, which measures stored fat by ...

A new definition of obesity goes beyond BMI. What this could mean for you. By CNN Newsource. Published January 24, 2025 5:38 AM . By Faye Chiu, CNN (CNN) — For years, medical ...

By Faye Chiu, CNN (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 ...

Despite BMI’s ubiquity of use by health care professionals, it’s far from a perfect measure. To begin with, it measures total weight, rather than the weight attributed to fatty tissue.

By Faye Chiu, CNN (CNN) — For years, medical experts have defined obesity primarily based on body mass index, which measures stored fat by ...