Healthcare providers use BMI as a quick way to check if you're at a healthy weight. Traditional BMI doesn't account for ...

Over 26% of U.S. adults with a normal BMI met new criteria for clinical obesity proposed by the Lancet commission. About 78% of adults had excess adiposity if defined by using two or three abnormal ...

New research continues to show that many people meet the criteria for obesity and associated health problems, even if their BMI looks fine. Reading time 2 minutes Your number on the bathroom scale ...

Much like the old saying goes, looks can be deceiving. Research out today shows that a substantial number of people with so-called “normal” body mass index still have health problems related to ...

Normal-weight abdominal obesity combines normal BMI (18.5–24.9) with high waist circumference. The main outcomes were hypertension, diabetes, high total cholesterol, and high triglycerides.