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 ...

To figure out the history behind BMI, we have to look at Flemish statistician Lambert Adolph Jacque Quetelet, who gave us the concept of "social averages." He was searching for the definition of ...

Read more Subscribers only Over a billion people clinically obese worldwide "BMI is useful for defining risk. But it's not a measure of body fat, while the definition of obesity is increased body ...

A BMI between 18.5 and 24.9 is considered healthy ... That is why Rubino and his colleagues want to introduce more nuance into the definition of obesity, splitting cases into preclinical and ...

This comes after years of research, and the piling up of a significant body of evidence suggesting that BMI alone is an inadequate measure for diagnosing, and treating people for obesity.

The framework recommends additional measures for assessing obesity risk, including waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, ...

Higher BMI in early adulthood and midlife is linked to better memory performance, particularly in men and Black Americans, challenging traditional views on obesity and cognition.

Here, we take a look at the issues with the current BMI system – and the potential implications of this definition of obesity. As of February 2024, over one in four (26%) adults and 23.4% of ...