Current BMI classification may overestimate the prevalence of underweight, overweight, and obesity among the general population.

Obesity is a known risk factor for cardiovascular disease, but people's weights can shift over time, and little is known ...

A study of 132,000 children finds that high BMI in mid- to late childhood is the strongest predictor of early pubertal onset.

The body mass index (BMI) system may be incorrectly categorising people as overweight or obese, according to a new study. The tool, which measures body fat based on height and weight, was compared to ...

Scans revealed 34% of patients who were obese based on BMI were misclassified, and should have been in the overweight category. And 53% of those labelled overweight based on BMI were in the wrong ...

The Body Mass Index (BMI) system may be misdiagnosing people as overweight or obese, according to a study. Researchers in Italy compared the tool – which measures body fat based on height and weight – ...

Millions of Brits have been wrongly classified as overweight or obese, new research suggests. Scientists found the body mass index (BMI) measure used by the NHS wrongly classified 34% of people as ...

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 ...

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

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