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 ...

The current body mass index system may not provide the most accurate picture of actual weight classifications among the general population.

The greatest mismatch occurred in the underweight group. Two-thirds (13 of 19; 68.4%) of those classified as underweight by ...

A new study suggests that one of the most widely used health metrics, BMI, may be getting it wrong for a large portion of the ...

By Deanna Neff HealthDay ReporterWEDNESDAY, April 1, 2026 (HealthDay News) — For decades, Body Mass Index (BMI) has been a ...

BMI ‘misclassifying’ people as overweight or obese, new study warns - Researchers in Italy compared the tool to scans which ...

Researchers using the gold-standard DEXA to measure body fat percentage showed that BMI misclassified a notable proportion of ...

The Lancet obesity framework aims to improve risk assessment but risks delaying treatment and deepening health inequities, according to recent evaluations.

Most of us in Western medicine systems know which category of the body mass index, the “BMI,” our body matches. Our medical providers and the printouts after each office visit often highlight it for ...

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 ...

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 ...