Marked interindividual variability in organ size at comparable BMI supports organ dimensions as a potentially superior ...

BMI is just B.S. It doesn’t accurately define what it means to be overweight.

A new study indicated that excess fat stored around the waist or visceral fat was more strongly associated with heart failure ...

New research to be presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2025, Malaga, Spain, 11-14 May) shows that the internationally recognized body mass index (BMI) cut-off points greatly ...

BMI is a widely used tool for assessing obesity, but it has limitations. It doesn't account for muscle mass, fat distribution or bone density. Experts suggest using it alongside other measures for ...

A melanocortin-4 receptor agonist did not induce significant decreases in BMI for patients with four rare genetic forms of ...

Obesity, long determined by the flawed metric of BMI, should be diagnosed based on other measurements, experts argue.

A landmark analysis of 120,000 people reveals that hidden central fat is rising across the UK, and BMI is missing it, making waist-to-height ratio the clearer warning signal for growing obesity risk.

This week, Mad in America examines three studies around mental health diagnosis, psychotropic drug use, obesity, and diabetes ...