The number does not capture a person's muscle mass; where on their body fat is stored; or how their race, ethnicity and ...

A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial body mass index and hoping to better identify people who need treatment for ...

A commission proposed a new definition of obesity focused on how excess fat affects the body, rather than assessing body mass ...

Two newer adiposity measures incorporating waist circumference predicted periodontitis better than body mass index, reported ...

Obesity has been an ongoing struggle for many consumers, and for years, body mass index (BMI) has been the key metric health ...

Dr. Leana Wen: Body mass index, or BMI, is a calculation performed ... can have high BMI and could be considered on paper to have obesity when in reality they do not have too much body fat ...

Heart disease remains the top killer of Americans as risk factors continue to grow. Get the latest statistics from the ...

Heart disease and stroke claim more lives in the United States than all forms of cancer and accidental deaths combined, ...

According to the American Heart Association’s 2025 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics Update, heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the U.S.