Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers calculated that a BMI cutoff of 33.7 kg/m 2 should be used to diagnose obesity in male athletes.

Body mass index, or BMI, has long been criticized as a flawed method for measuring obesity — and now a group of experts is sharing new recommendations. BMI is a formula that uses a person's height and ...

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 ...

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. Major public ...

The body mass index (BMI) chart helps determine obesity levels in both women and men. Healthcare providers also use it to determine whether their patients are at a healthy weight. That said, some ...

A patient’s BMI had no significant impact on adverse outcomes after liver transplantation, according to research presented at ...

Was actor Jake Gyllenhaal overweight when he filmed Road House? Should Kansas City Chiefs' tight end Travis Kelce be considered nearly obese? According to the current definition of "overweight" and ...

New research being presented at this year’s European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2025) highlights the need to support women and their families with overweight or obesity to optimise their health and ...

The prevalence of body mass index (BMI)-defined obesity (BDO) among US youth aged 8 to 19 years closely mirrored that of BDO with excess adiposity across age, sex, and race and ethnicity, according to ...