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

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 – ...

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 ...

New research to be presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2025, Malaga, Spain, 11-14 May) shows that the internationally recognized body mass index (BMI) cut-off points greatly ...

Long considered a standard tool for assessing body weight, Body Mass Index (BMI) may not be as reliable as once believed. A new study shows that relying on BMI can incorrectly classify people as ...

The medical community is witnessing a significant shift in how obesity is diagnosed and treated, affecting over 100 million adults in the United States. Traditional methods centered around Body Mass ...

Recently, an international commission proposed a revised definition of obesity that focuses on how excess body fat affects the body, and factors in waist circumference, rather than simply calculating ...

New research to be presented at this year’s European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2025, Malaga, Spain, 11-14 May) shows that the internationally recognised body mass index (BMI) cut-off points greatly ...

In an Italian general‑population cohort, BMI misclassified about one third of adults — placing many in incorrect weight categories and modestly overestimating the combined prevalence of overweight 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 ...

New research and emerging technologies are reshaping AI-driven fitness coaching, integrating physiological data like BMI and gut microbiome diversity to create highly personalized exercise plans.