New diagnostic framework's obesity criteria would capture many with normal BMI ...

Clinical obesity rates are high even among those with a body mass index value that falls within a standard range.

Body Mass Index, or BMI, is a number that reflects the relationship between your height and weight. It's widely used in health care and public health to categorize body size and estimate potential ...

A large majority of Americans are walking around with too much body fat, nationally representative data suggests.

While there is solid evidence that adolescent overweight and obesity are associated with coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke, less is known about the association between body mass index (BMI) and ...

Many adults with a normal BMI may still carry excess body fat that increases the risk of diabetes, heart disease, and other ...

Anthropometric measures indicate that clinical obesity is highly prevalent among adults who are classified as having a normal BMI.