BMI vs. Body Fat: Is One Measurement More Important Than the Other?
Body mass index (BMI) is a measure of someone’s weight compared to their height whereas body fat percentage is a measure of ...
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Travis Kelce, Jake Gyllenhaal and why BMI is problematic. It needs to change, panel says.
Researchers said using BMI alone as the sole arbiter of obesity ... The commission said 18 factors can support a diagnosis of obesity. Examples include breathlessness, high blood pressure, knee ...
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BMI is wrong way to measure obesity, researchers say — here’s what they recommend instead
Body mass index (BMI) has been the international standard for measuring obesity since the 1980s, according to many sources, though some experts have questioned its validity. A person’s BMI is ...
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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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Why BMI is not the obesity measurement we need
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.
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Childhood BMI Trends Predict Hair Cortisol Concentration
Childhood BMI trends — specifically moderate BMI and high BMI variability — were associated with high cortisol concentrations at 17 years of age.
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Say Bye to Just BMI: Experts Call for a Major Shift in How We Measure Obesity
A very fit person could have high BMI but low body fat, for example, whereas someone with so-called “normal” BMI could be carrying a risky amount of body fat. The distribution of excess body ...
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New recommendations to measure obesity go beyond controversial BMI. A doctor explains.
For example, many professional athletes are considered clinically obese based on the BMI scale, because it cannot distinguish the weight of muscle from the weight of fat. Sara Moniuszko is a ...
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BMI Sidelined in New Obesity Definition That Favors Health Evaluation
Because it is easy to measure and compare, BMI has long been used as a tool to ... In the Netherlands, for example, a study she co-authored found that most people with obesity had experienced ...
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Obesity won't be solely defined by BMI under new plan for diagnosis by global experts
New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and take into account health ...
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Experts Argue It’s Time for Obesity to Be Defined Beyond BMI
Obesity, long determined by the flawed metric of BMI, should be diagnosed based on other measurements, experts argue.
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End of the Line for BMI? Experts Propose New Obesity Definition
Their aim is to move beyond the long-criticized Body Mass Index (BMI) in favor of combining other useful metrics. Findings detailed in a report published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology ...