Forty-six percent (46%) of U.S. men are obese when defined as having more than 25% body fat or more according to a study by Eric Braverman, MD and Nirav R. Shah, MD.

Using a BMI cutoff of 30, only 26% of these men were classified as obese.

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Seventy-four percent (74%) of U.S. women are obese when defined as having more than 30% body fat or more according to a study by Eric Braverman, MD and Nirav R. Shah, MD.

Using a BMI cutoff of 30, only 26% of these women were classified as obese.

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The prevalence of obesity was found to be twice as high in 11-14 year-old white children when using percent body fat as compared to body mass index (BMI) according to a study from England. Read the entire article | Email this article

Obesity is a matter of being overfat, not just overweight. Body Mass Index (BMI) is a very imperfect way of trying to determine who is overfat. A study of athletes from Michigan State University found that college athletes can, in some cases, have a much higher than normal BMI without being overfat. Read the entire article | Email this article

A Body Mass Index (BMI) of 30 is not an accurate definition of obesity for many non-Caucasian groups according to a recent study.
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Measuring percent body fat was found to be vastly superior to body mass index (BMI) to determine if a person is overweight according to a new study from India. Read the entire article | Email this article