A team of researchers led by Pennington Biomedical Research Center's Dr. Florina Corpodean confirmed through a data analysis that metabolic and bariatric surgery is largely safe and effective for ...

Unlike BMI, which only considers weight and height, BRI provides a clearer view of fat distribution, particularly the harmful visceral fat. Doctors are now advising patients to focus on maintaining a ...

As rates of obesity, as defined by body mass index (BMI), continue to climb in the United States, so have efforts to lose weight, including a new era of weight-loss drugs.

BMI or body mass index may soon be on the way out to help determine if we are overweight. KYW medical editor Dr. Brian ...

Imagine trying to work out if you are dangerously overweight without once hopping on to the bathroom scales. That's what a new method for determining body size aims to do.