Leading health experts challenge traditional BMI measurements and introduce a comprehensive new approach to diagnosing obesity, potentially affecting millions.
An international team of doctors proposed a new way to define obesity that's not based solely on BMI. Here's what they ...
Instead of using the controversial body mass index, or BMI, to assess weight, an international group of scientists proposes ...
A new report notes that the amount of belly fat a patient has is a more useful metric for determining obesity than ...
Share on Pinterest A panel of global experts explains why BMI is not the most helpful measurement of body weight, and how else doctors can diagnose obesity. Image credit: VICTOR TORRES/Stocksy.
Body mass index, or BMI, has long been criticized as a flawed ... "So if your waist is over 35 inches for a woman or 40 inches for a man, that means you do have excess fat, or are you apple ...
New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and also take into account health ...
A new report says only using BMI to determine if a patient has obesity leads to under-diagnosing people who are ill and ...