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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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

However, some research has found that this classification system may not be good at identifying overweight and obesity in athletes and its use in this group has long been subject to criticism. BMI ...

More than one-third (34 percent) of those with obesity defined by BMI had been misclassified and should be in the overweight ...

VENICE, Italy — Obesity as defined by adiposity measures corresponds to a lower body mass index (BMI) cutoff (≥ 27) in men and women of middle age or older than does the widely used conventional ...

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 ...

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

If you’ve been to a doctor’s office or fitness center in recent years, you’ve likely had your Body Mass Index calculated. The BMI formula uses a person’s weight in kilograms divided by the square of ...