The current definition of obesity, as set by the World Health Organization ... that healthcare workers assess whether people have obesity by calculating their body mass index (BMI), a measure ...

Major public health organizations, including the World Health Organization ... and obtain an individual’s BMI. Despite BMI’s ubiquity of use by health care professionals, it’s far from ...

The health care community has redefined the requirements for clinical obesity, noting BMI shouldn’t be the sole barometer of the disease. By Regina Molaro Many people dread going to their doctor ...