Gateshead Council's 10-year ban on new hot food takeaways has little effect on childhood obesity.

Instead of using the controversial body mass index, or BMI, to assess weight, an international group of scientists proposes an approach that looks at how excess body fat affects health

A new report notes that the amount of belly fat a patient has is a more useful metric for determining obesity than traditional BMI measurements. The report was published in the journal 'The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology' on Jan.

Knowsley has the highest proportion of obese and overweight 10 and 11 year olds in England, according to the NHS.

A global group of experts has suggested a new approach to diagnosing and treating obesity that does not rely solely on the much-contested body mass index (BMI).

The commercialisation of junk food, increase in inactive lifestyles with prolonged sitting, and high stress environments, have caused obesity rates to rise in India, mirroring a global trend.

An international commission made the case for focusing on body fat quantity and the illnesses people experience.

New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and also take into account health problems from extra weight and other measurements.

Body Mass Index, or BMI, has long been criticized as an unreliable method for measuring obesity — and now a group of experts is sharing new recommendations for how to use it.

Our reframing acknowledges the nuanced reality of obesity and allows for personalized care,” said Dr. Francesco Rubino of King’s College London.

Obesity, long determined by the flawed metric of BMI, should be diagnosed based on other measurements, experts argue.