BMI is wrong way to measure obesity, researchers say — here’s what they recommend instead
The condition is better measured by looking at factors like inflammation, insulin resistance, and glucose tolerance, ...
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Doctors reveals why BMI alone can’t determine obesity
Leading health experts challenge traditional BMI measurements and introduce a comprehensive new approach to diagnosing obesity, potentially affecting millions.
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BMI, one of the most popular ways of telling if you're a healthy weight, is bogus. Here's what to use instead.
It has been updated to reflect the findings of a new report. Chances are, a doctor has at one point measured your Body Mass Index to check if you are a healthy weight. But a new report suggests ...
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Experts Propose a New Definition of Obesity—and It Goes Beyond BMI
An international team of doctors proposed a new way to define obesity that's not based solely on BMI. Here's what they ...
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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Scientists Suggest New Way to Help Measure Obesity Instead of Just Using Traditional BMI Metric
A new report noted that body mass index does not provide a nuanced enough assessment of health as it relates to weight Getty An international committee of scientists has proposed a new way to ...
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New obesity definition sidelines BMI to focus on health
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Travis Kelce, Jake Gyllenhaal and why BMI is problematic. It needs to change, panel says.
But this measure, called body mass index, or BMI, lacks nuance and fails to tell whether a person is truly healthy, a global commission of medical experts said in a paper published Tuesday in The ...