Leading health experts challenge traditional BMI measurements and introduce a comprehensive new approach to diagnosing obesity, potentially affecting millions.

An international team of doctors proposed a new way to define obesity that's not based solely on BMI. Here's what they ...

The condition is better measured by looking at factors like inflammation, insulin resistance, and glucose tolerance, ...

People with higher body mass indexes say they're relieved by experts' new guidance to downplay the use of BMI in diagnosing people with weight problems or obesity.

BMI, a widely used measure, has long been criticized for being too simplistic. It calculates obesity based only on height and ...

CDC officials say they extended the guidance now because they are seeing more H5N1 patients whose illness they cannot track back to an infected bird or cow.

As of March 2020, nearly 42% of US adults had obesity, with the report estimating that more than a billion people are living ...

LIMITED GROWTH in public health pending in the 2025 national budget could delay progress towards Universal Health Care (UHC), Fitch Solutions unit BMI said. The UHC Act or Republic Act 11223 aims to ...

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In the latest move in that direction, Livi will now be deployed by BMI Healthcare, the UK’s largest private health chain with more than 50 hospitals across the country serving millions of patients.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 34 million ... diabetes if they affect a person’s access to healthcare, safe exercise spaces, and a fresh and varied ...

These outbreaks strain healthcare systems and highlight the importance of hygiene awareness and preventive strategies. The CDC urges the public to remain vigilant, emphasizing that small ...