New recommendations to measure obesity go beyond controversial BMI. A doctor explains.
Body Mass Index, or BMI, has long been criticized as an unreliable method for measuring obesity — and now a group of experts ...
End of the Line for BMI? Experts Propose New Obesity Definition
Obesity affects over 1 billion people globally, with 40 percent of U.S. adults classified as obese under the present ...
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Obesity in the 21st century goes beyond the scale weight and BMI: "We must measure the presence of adipose tissue that damages organs"
A document endorsed by more than 56 experts worldwide, published in 'The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology', proposes a change ...
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Move aside BMI: There's a better way to define obesity, commission finds
An international committee of scientists has proposed changing the way obesity is defined and diagnosed. The proposal adds ...
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Move aside BMI: There's a better way to define obesity, commission finds
The current BMI-based measure of obesity can both overestimate and underestimate ... When they step on the scale, their body weight may place them in the category of obesity, due to the weight ...