The new definition revealed that many individuals faced a higher risk of death due to harmful body fat , even though their ...

Obesity experts have thrown aside their BMI charts as they reveal it is possible to be both fat and fit. Huge numbers of the 17.6million Brits who have been told that they are overweight are in ...

BMI, or body mass index, is an outdated measurement that fails to properly identify health risks, according to a new study.

The old scale, which went up to 37, has been in use for more than two decades, even as the rate of childhood obesity in the U.S. has nearly quadrupled. Skip Navigation. Share on Facebook; ...

Childhood BMI chart raised from 37 to 60 as severe ... A child is considered obese if they reach the 95th percentile on the growth charts, and severely obese at 120% of that mark — or with a ...

According to the new chart, severe obesity is defined as a BMI greater than or equal to 120% of the 95th percentile on BMI-for-Age growth charts. “It is prevalent and it is something, ...

Prior to the update, BMI charts for children ages 2 to 19 had been published in 2000 and were based on data from 1963 to 1980 when obesity rates in children were much lower.