American Council on Science and Health

For Measuring Obesity, The Tape Measure Replaces the Scale

For decades, body mass index (BMI) has been the dominant tool for defining obesity, despite longstanding concerns that it poorly reflects individual health risk. Growing evidence suggests that the ...
CNBC

Growing obesity crisis in U.S. prompts CDC to expand body mass index charts for severely overweight kids

The CDC has released new charts with higher BMIs to follow the growth of children who are severely obese. The previous BMI chart for children, published in 2000, is based on data from 1963 to 1980 but ...
The Telegraph

Waist-to-height ratio better than BMI in assessing obesity risk among older adults: Study

Waist-to-height ratio is a more accurate and reliable indicator of age-related obesity risk than body mass index (BMI), according to new research, with scientists warning that reliance on BMI alone ...
The Lancet

Mutually reinforced burdens of obesity and infections

Obesity is associated with multiple non-communicable diseases (such as type 2 diabetes, various cardiovascular and musculoskeletal diseases, and some cancers) and detrimental psychosocial consequences ...