Leading health experts challenge traditional BMI measurements and introduce a comprehensive new approach to diagnosing obesity, potentially affecting millions.
Skeletal muscle fat infiltration (IMAT) is linked to coronary microvascular dysfunction and increased cardiovascular risk, ...
Nearly 70% of adults in Indiana are classified as overweight or obese, contributing to a broader health crisis in the United ...
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 ...
BMI over 30 is considered obese. But those having excess fat may not have a BMI 30, which shows under-diagnosis of people and ...
Where you store fat, as opposed to how much you have, may be a bigger risk factor for colon cancer, a study published in JAMA ...
A new report says only using BMI to determine if a patient has obesity leads to under-diagnosing people who are ill and ...
BMI falls short as a way to measure obesity. Doctors need to also determine whether body fat harms a person's health.
Health experts have recommended major changes to how obesity is diagnosed globally, warning current approaches are ...
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