Research from Italy to be presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2026, Istanbul, Türkiye, 12–15 May) and published in the journal Nutrients shows that when the gold standard ...

The greatest mismatch occurred in the underweight group. Two-thirds (13 of 19; 68.4%) of those classified as underweight by ...

Is obesity among the most misunderstood, misclassified, and mistreated diseases? Over the past 30 years, researchers have not only identified a key hormone (leptin) that helps regulate appetite and ...

Employing selection criteria resulted in 1,981 respondents in the analytical sample. Table 1 reports the results of the descriptive statistics analysis. Of the respondents, 477 were classified as ...

India, March 30 -- The conventional body mass index (BMI) system by the World Health Organization frequently misidentifies ...

The Body Mass Index (BMI) is a widely used tool for categorizing individuals based on their weight relative to their height. While convenient for assessing health risks, its historical origins, ...

The reclassification this summer by the American Medical Association of obesity as “a disease state” effectively declared that one-third of all Americans has a medical condition requiring treatment.

When you arrive at a doctor’s appointment, you likely get your height and weight measured — two numbers used to calculate your body mass index (BMI). From this metric, your physician can diagnose ...

Childhood obesity increases cardiometabolic risk even in “healthy” cases. Early treatment may reduce long-term disease burden. Find out more.